Radiation therapy of genitourinary tract tumors

Abstract

Departmeη t 01 Radi%g y a η d Nut!em 끼.fed ici η e ， Yon sei U I1l ν erslt : . . ' College 01 Madi ci ne' S eoul , KoreaF rom 1970, 88 pat ients wit h tumor of ge ni to.uri nary t ract we re treated by rad iation at Yonsei Ca nce r Ce nte r.The writers c h ose 41 pa tients of 88 pat ie nts. w ho were ava il a ble for follow.up examination a nd they h ad bee n h isto pat hologically co n firmed cases after t hei r opera tion or biops y : We J:e vfe、，' e d th e m in respec t of me thod of l ad ia tio n t h erapy. incidence of dis ease, age di st r ibution. hist opath ologica l fi nd ings, c1 in ical staging , complication during and after ra d iatio n therapy and prognost ic e ffect of rad iat io n t reatment T h e resu lts a re :1. T h e mos t common lesion a mong t he tumo r of genito-urinary tract was bladd e r t umor (63 . 4 %) a nd next was re na l tumo r (1 7. 1%) , com bined of re na l & b ladder tumor (7.3 0 -6 ) . peni le tumor (7.3 0 -6) , a nd las t was urethra t um o r (4.9%) :2. 1n sex incidence shows as fo llow : Bladder. re na l, combined of rena l. & bla dd er are m Ol e com mon in ma le. a nd a ll of t he ur eth ra l cancer a r e in fema le. The pick age incid ence was 4t h a nd 5t h d eca de in a ll gen ito -ur inar y t l' act tumor (except iWilm s tumo r ) .4. 1n hi sto p ε th o l og i ca ll y ， tr a nsi ti onal cell carcino m a was t he m ost common type o( bJadd e r t um o r and W ilm' s t um or . was t he m ost com mon in renal tu mor and sq uamous cell ca rcinom a in a ll penile tumor a nd among t he t wo case of ure th ra l cance r . o ne wa s squamous cell tumor an 이 t he ot her was t r a nsitioa l cell ca rc ioma 5. Ave r age surv i va l mo nths af ter ra-d ia t ion . t r eatment was 18.9 month s in bladd er Ca . 13. 2 mo nt hs r ena l t um o r , 22 months in combined of renal & bladder tumor . 15 mont hs in ur e thraJ t umor , and 37.3 mont hs in peni le t umor 6. T he most of t he patien ts shows post irradiat ion miner complicat ion during r ad iat io n th e l "" a nd amo ng t he side effect dysu ri a , ur inar y freq uency. d iarr hea are mure frequ e nt th a n o th el sy m to ms But t here is not deve loped of major complicat ion w h ich requir es oper at ion o r surg ica J ma nageme n t.-4(,:;-