A case of an exquisitely painful squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder is reported. The pain progressed and rectal obstruction developed during palliative radiotherapy. With less than 7 days of infusion chemotherapy the patient became totally free of pain, with subjective and objective relief of the rectal obstruction (avoiding colostomy).
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Confer et al. (1977) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 2 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: