Illustration of bladder cancer Trimodality therapy produces similar oncologic outcomes as radical cystectomy in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer, a new study suggests. Trimodality therapy ...

Prophylactic tranexamic acid showed no reduction in blood transfusion rates in open radical cystectomy patients. The trial found no significant differences in secondary outcomes, including estimated ...

Extended oral antibiotic prophylaxis eliminated UTIs after robot-assisted radical cystectomy procedures. Prophylactic antibiotics reduced overall infections by two-thirds and saved $9,000 per patient.

Synchronous metastatic disease is characterized by the presence of metastatic lesions, in addition to the primary tumor, at diagnosis. The optimal duration of antibiotic prophylaxis is still unknown.

Radical Cystectomy in the Treatment of Invasive Bladder Cancer: Long-Term Results in 1,054 Patients Authors: John P. Stein, Gary Lieskovsky, Richard Cote, Susan Groshen, An-Chen Feng, Stuart Boyd, ...

Draft guidance from NICE recommends durvalumab before and after surgery for muscle-invasive bladder cancer following phase 3 trial survival data.

In the past decade there has been a rapid expansion of the use of robotic assistance during surgery that involves minimally invasive approaches. In the United Kingdom, robot-assisted radical ...

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PATIENTS AND METHODS: All patients undergoing radical cystectomy with bilateral pelvic iliac lymphadenectomy, with the intent to cure, for transitional-cell carcinoma of the bladder between July 1971 ...