Good Survival After Laparoscopic Radical Cystectomy
Recurrence-free survival was 66 percent at five years for patients with bladder cancer who had laparoscopic radical cystectomy.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Genetic Profile Improves Predictions of Bladder Cancer Recurrence
A 15-feature ‘genomic classifier’ surpassed the prognostic potential of standard clinical variables for bladder cancer risk.
Partial Cystectomy Does Not Compromise Survival
Study shows a significantly better 5-year cancer-specific survival rate compared with radical cystectomy.
Obese Patients Live Longer After Radical Cystectomy
Their risk of death is 40% lower than that of patients who are not obese, study shows.
VTE Risk Factors in Radical Cystectomy Patients Identified
Venous thromboembolism is more likely to occur in patients with neurologic comorbidities and increased operative time.
Adjuvant Chemo Use Lower in Oldest Bladder CA Patients
It offers a survival benefit regardless of age, but is used less often in patients aged 70 years and older than in younger patients.
Aggressive Bladder Cancer Treatments Underused
Radical cystectomy and chemo-radiation offer significantly better survival than other treatments or no treatment, study shows.
Robotic, Open Cystectomy Outcomes Similar
The 5-year recurrence-free and cancer-specific survival rates with robot-assisted radical cystectomy are 52.5% and 67.8%, respectively.
Do you use neoadjuvant chemo prior to radical cystectomy?
A study published recently in BJU International demonstrated that NAC does not increase the risk.
Cystectomy Morbidity Risk Highest in Hispanics
Compared with whites, Hispanics had an 88% increased odds of major post-cystectomy complications.
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