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 ...

A 30-day course of prophylactic antibiotics following robot-assisted radical cystectomy significantly reduces the incidence of urinary tract infections (UTIs) and related complications, researchers ...

In the past decade there has been a rapid expansion of the use of robotic assistance during surgery that involves minimally invasive approaches. In the United Kingdom, robot-assisted radical ...

Most people with bladder cancer begin treatment by having surgery to remove their cancer. If bladder cancer has spread beyond your bladder, you might have chemotherapy first. This can help treat ...

An estimated 40-50% of patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), an aggressive disease, have disease recurrence after curative-intent treatment with standard-of-care neoadjuvant ...

A cystectomy is a surgery to remove your bladder. The bladder can stretch or relax to hold about 2 cups of urine (pee). Cystectomy often treats bladder cancer. But bladder removal surgery can help ...

Alcohol use disorder may predispose patients to worse adverse in-hospital outcomes after radical cystectomy and ileal conduit urinary diversion for bladder cancer.

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Perioperative management for muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) includes neoadjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy (NAC) followed by radical cystectomy and risk-adapted adjuvant immunotherapy. More ...

Phase II Study of the Safety and Antitumor Activity of the Hypoxia-Activated Prodrug TH-302 in Combination With Doxorubicin in Patients With Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcoma Radical cystectomy and urinary ...