Preoperative favourable characteristics in bladder cancer patients cannot substitute the necessity of extended lymphadenectomy during radical cystectomy: A sensitivity curve and a survival analysis

MULTI-ISTITUTIONAL CONTROLLED STUDIES DO NO REFLECT THE PATIENT’S COMPLIANCE TO BCG ENCOUNTERED IN CLINICAL PRACTICE. RESULTS ON 411 PATIENTS

VARIANT HISTOLOGIC DIFFERENTIATION IN BLADDER CANCER TREATED WITH RADICAL CYSTECTOMY: INCIDENCE AND LONG TERM SURVIVAL IN A SINGLE INSTITUTION STUDY.

Impact of stage migration on bladder cancer: A slow but steady improvement in the long term survival rates after radical cystectomy in the last 25 years

INTRODUCTION & OBJECTIVES: Bladder cancer (BCa) is a heterogeneous disease with up to 25% of incidental diagnoses reported to be found muscle invasive at first episode. Numerous markers and an increased awareness have been recorded in the recent years. We sought to evaluate if those considerat ions may determine a change in BCa clinical presentation at radical cystectomy (RC) over years in a single high volume tert iary referral center. MATERIAL & METHODS: The study relied on 2,003 consecutive BCa pat ients treated with RC and extended pelvic lymphadenectomy (PLND) at a single inst itution between January 1990 and December 2014. Pat ients were st ratified into tertiles according to …

Robot-Assisted, Laparoscopic, and Open Radical Cystectomy: Pre-Operative Data of 1400 Patients From The Italian Radical Cystectomy Registry.

The Italian Radical Cystectomy Registry (RIC) is an observational prospective study aiming to understand clinical variables and patient characteristics associated with short- and long-term outcomes among bladder cancer (BC) patients undergoing radical cystectomy (RC). Moreover, it compares the effectiveness of three RC techniques - open, robotic, and laparoscopic.From 2017 to 2020, 1400 patients were enrolled at one of the 28 centers across Italy. Patient characteristics, as well as preoperative, postoperative, and follow-up (3, 6, 12, and 24 months) clinical variables and outcomes were collected.Preoperatively, it was found that patients undergoing robotic procedures were younger (p.001) a…