[Frequency and stage of relapse after organ-saving combined treatment for urinary bladder cancer]

Urinary bladder cancer relapse was evaluated in 116 patients (stage II--68 (58.6%); stage III--48 (41.3%)). Segmented resection and radiotherapy (STD-- 2 Gy; TTD--40 Gy). Early relapse were registered in 64.0 +/- 7.6% and late one--35.9 +/- 7.6% (stage II early relapse--42.6%; stage III--58.3%). They occurred on primary tumor site in 41.3%; other sites--42.26%. Local relapse was reported in 16.3%. Remission lasted in well-differentiated cell tumors longer than in moderately- or poorly-differentiated ones. Incidence of early relapse in cases of low apoptotic index was relatively higher and vice versa.