Does brachytherapy after external beam radiotherapy and limited surgery preserve bladders for patients with solitary pT1-pT3 bladder tumors?
EBRT followed by brachytherapy, combined with limited surgery, offers excellent results in terms of bladder sparing for selected groups of patients suffering from bladder cancer.
Alcohol decreases alveolar fluid clearance and impairs survival from acute lung injury. Alcohol induced increases in lung adenosine levels may be responsible for reduction in alveolar fluid clearance and associated worsening of lung injury.