Organ preservation has been investigated inmuscle-invasivebladder cancer over the past years as an alternative to standard radical cystectomy. However, the morbidity of radical cystectomy and early reports of good results of radical transuretheral resection of bladder tumors (TURBT) have stimulated interest in combined treatment for muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Organ preservation requires a trimodal schedule, including transuretheral surgery, mega voltage radical external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) and adjuvant chemotherapy (ACT). Our results point to the effectiveness of combined therapy of urinary bladder in old patients with invasive, advanced cancer (stage T2). These results demonstrate the effectness of intra-arterial ACT when used in combination with EBRT.
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