This transcript has been edited for clarity. Cheryl Lee, MD: Welcome to Medscape InDiscussion. I'm Cheryl Lee, and today we'll be discussing a topic that has continued to be controversial. I'm ...

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 ...

"We found CKD to be independently associated with a higher likelihood of nonorgan confined disease and lymph node metastases as well as postoperative transfusion and 90-day readmissions." – Nguyen, et ...

A retrospective study showed that recurrence of bladder cancer after radical cystectomy can occur up to 4 years after surgery. Patients who have no residual disease following radical cystectomy for ...

Robot-assisted radical cystectomy with intracorporeal urinary diversion vs open radical cystectomy resulted in a median of 82 vs 80 days alive and out of the hospital within 90 days of surgery. While ...

Urinary bladder paragangliomas (UBPGLs) are rare neuroendocrine tumours, comprising <0.05% of bladder neoplasms. We report a case of a male in his early 30s presenting with persistent lower abdominal ...

Surgery hasnt always been an option for metastatic bladder cancer (or bladder cancer thats spread from its original site). But according to limited research, surgical treatments may now help some ...

New data show that a large subset of patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) can avoid cystectomy and enjoy long-term, bladder-intact, disease-free survival. Among 64 study participants ...