A recent study reveals comparable outcomes for radical cystectomy and bladder-sparing therapy in treating recurrent ...

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Effect of Endothelin-A Receptor Blockade With Atrasentan on Tumor Progression in Men With Hormone-Refractory Prostate Cancer: A Randomized, Phase II, Placebo-Controlled Trial Purpose: To investigate ...

This transcript has been edited for clarity. Cheryl Lee, MD: Welcome to Medscape InDiscussion. I'm Cheryl Lee, and today we'll be discussing a topic that has continued to be controversial. I'm ...

Treating bladder cancer with a cystectomy may bring about some complicated side effects. Here are some resources to help. The risk of some kind of complication after a cystectomy and urinary diversion ...

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 ...

"The main strength of this study is the use of a nationwide population-based cohort encompassing nearly all patients with bladder cancer undergoing RC over 8 years, with detailed clinicopathological, ...

A bladder preserving protocol comprising combined external-beam radiotherapy and interstitial brachytherapy for the treatment of bladder cancer has been reported as a viable alternative to cystectomy.

A retrospective study showed that recurrence of bladder cancer after radical cystectomy can occur up to 4 years after surgery. Patients who have no residual disease following radical cystectomy for ...

Robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) can now replicate open radical cystectomy (ORC) in terms of technical benchmarks and could have other unique advantages RARC is associated with less blood loss ...

New data show that a large subset of patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) can avoid cystectomy and enjoy long-term, bladder-intact, disease-free survival. Among 64 study participants ...