Adjuvant Radiation Therapy May Improve Survival After Cystectomy
The locoregional recurrence-free survival rate at 2 years was significantly higher for patients treated with chemotherapy plus RT versus those treated with chemotherapy alone.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Preop Aerobic Exercise May Improve Cystectomy Outcomes
A feasibility study involving 60 patients with bladder cancer sought to determine if preoperative vigorous cardiovascular activity would improve postsurgical outcomes.
Trimodal Therapy and RC for MIBC Offer Similar Survival
Mean disease-specific survival at 10 years was 50.9% for TMT and 57.8% for RC patients, a non-significant difference.
COBRA Score Gauges Mortality Risk After Cystectomy
Tool incorporates the relative contribution of tumor stage, lymph node involvement.
Bladder Preservation Therapy Linked With Reduced Survival in MIBC
Radical cystectomy is associated with better survival, but findings suggest BPT may produce acceptable oncologic outcomes in appropriately selected patients.
Study: Cystectomy Complication Rate Not Improving
Researchers find no significant change in overall complication rate from 2010 to 2015, but hospital length of stay and need for transfusion have declined.
Surgery, Combined Modality Offer Similar MIBC Outcomes
Meta-analysis reveals no significant difference in overall-, disease-specific, and progression-free survival between radical cystectomy and radiation-based, bladder preservation therapy.
MIBC Patients Should Be Followed Long-term After Cystectomy
After recurrent disease, 5-year overall survival was worse among patients with late recurrence.
Worse Survival After Robotic Cystectomy Seen at Low-Volume Centers
The researchers found lower overall survival among patients undergoing robot-assisted radical cystectomy at hospitals performing 10 or fewer procedures during 2010 to 2012.
Robot-assisted Radical Cystectomy on the Rise
By 2014 to 2015, 1 in 3 bladder cancer surgical procedures performed in the United States were robot-assisted.
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