Cost of Radical Cystectomy Higher in the West Than in Other US Regions
Total hospital costs related to radical cystectomy are higher in the West than in all other regions of the United States, a study suggests.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
High-Risk NMIBC Potentially Re-Staged After 18F-FDG-PET-CT
18F-FDG-PET/CT can detect metabolic tumor activity with lower radiation dose compared with standard contrast-enhanced CT.
Urothelial Cancer Prediction Model Has High Sensitivity, Specificity
Model, which considers 10 genes from UroAmp uCGP test, had high sensitivity and specificity in two validation cohorts
Cancer Patients May Be Treated With Drugs That Provide No Benefit
Many cancer patients may be treated with drugs that were granted accelerated approval but do not provide a clinical benefit, a study suggests.
Urologic Oncologists Seldom Perform Female Organ- and Nerve-Sparing Radical Cystectomy
Provider training on female reproductive organ-sparing and nerve-sparing radical cystectomy needs to improve, according to investigators.
Radical Cystectomy Increases Risks for Thromboembolic Events
Swedish studies reveal significantly elevated risks for myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, pulmonary embolism, and deep vein thrombosis.
Survival Improving in Metastatic Bladder Cancer Cases
Trend may reflect increasing use of systemic immunotherapies as first-line treatments, according to investigators.
Aortic Calcification Ups Risk for Acute Kidney Injury After Radical Cystectomy
Aortic calcification may lead to arterial degradation that increases the risk for acute kidney injury, according to investigators.
Prostate Cancer Found at Radical Cystectomy Usually Clinically Insignificant
Findings are from a case series of men who underwent cystoprostatectomy in China.
Pembrolizumab Could Meet Unmet Need in BCG-Unresponsive High-Risk NMIBC
Pembrolizumab demonstrated antitumor activity in patients with high-risk, papillary NMIBC who did not undergo radical cystectomy and did not respond to BCG.
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