Cancer of the Genitourinary Tract

TreatmentThe various therapeutic measures comprise cystoscopic fulguration or resection with the McCarthy resectoscope, transurethral implantation of radioactive materials such as radon seeds, the use of liquid radioactive isotopes within a distensible bag catheter, suprapubic electrodesiccation and resection with or without the implantation of radioactive materials, segmental resection of lesions confined to the distensible portions of the bladder, with or without division and reimplantation of a ureter, unusual operations such as radical prostatectomy combined with excision of the tumor-bearing area at the bladder neck, simple cystectomy, radical cystectomy with lymph-node dissection, pelvic evisceration, deep radiation therapy and combinations. The varied . . .