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 ...

thrombus, blood clot, thrombosis Swedish studies reveal significantly elevated risks for myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, pulmonary embolism, and deep vein thrombosis. Patients undergoing ...

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.

Removal of the bladder, called radical cystectomy, is the preferred treatment for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) as well as for some with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC ...

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Draft guidance from NICE recommends durvalumab before and after surgery for muscle-invasive bladder cancer following phase 3 trial survival data.

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 ...