Bladder Cancer Highlights

AUA 2011 - Efficient delivery of radical cystectomy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for muscle invasive bladder cancer: A multidisciplinary approach - Session Highlights

Published on Thursday, 19 May 2011 17:00

WASHINGTON, DC USA (UroToday.com) - Delaying cystectomy >90 days from the diagnosis of muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) adversely affects pathologic stage and survival outcomes in patients treated with primary surgery.

AUA 2011 - The FGFR3 mutation identifies patients with favorable disease at radical cystectomy for bladder cancer - Session Highlights

Published on Thursday, 19 May 2011 17:00

WASHINGTON, DC USA (UroToday.com) - This study showed that patients with bladder tumors harboring mutations in the FGFR3 gene have improved survival after radical cystectomy.

AUA 2011 - Towards semi automated cystoscopic examination of the bladder: Merging scanning fiber endoscope technology with image panoramic stitching software - Session Highlights

Published on Thursday, 19 May 2011 17:00

WASHINGTON, DC USA (UroToday.com) - Scanning Fiber Endoscope (SFE) in conjunction with a panoramic stitching software provides a high- resolution, wide field of view imaging through flexible endoscopes as small as 1-mm.

AUA 2011 - State-of-the-art lecture: Imaging and the treatment of nodal disease in bladder and prostate cancer - Session Highlights

Published on Wednesday, 18 May 2011 17:00

WASHINGTON, DC USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Urs Studer commenced by stating that one-third of patients with positive lymph nodes will be cured with cystectomy and extended lymphadenectomy (LND).

AUA 2011 - State-of-the-art lecture: Personalized medicine in bladder cancer - Session Highlights

Published on Wednesday, 18 May 2011 17:00

WASHINGTON, DC USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Dan Theodorescu discussed approaches to personalized bladder cancer therapy.

AUA 2011 - A systematic review and meta-analysis of the volume-outcome relationship for the radical cystectomy: An update for the ongoing debate - Session Highlights

Published on Wednesday, 18 May 2011 17:00

WASHINGTON, DC USA (UroToday.com) - Several studies have shown that high volume surgeons who operate at high volume institutions have better short-term morbidity and mortality outcomes for many complex operations and radical cystectomy is no exception.

AUA 2011 - Cancer stem cell marker expression in muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma - Session Highlights

Published on Wednesday, 18 May 2011 17:00

WASHINGTON, DC USA (UroToday.com) - Cancer stem cells are thought to have the capacity to survive chemotherapy and then replicate, thus explaining why patients can have an apparent complete response to chemotherapy and subsequently relapse.

AUA 2011 - Cardiovascular optimisation via the oespophageal Doppler reduces gastrointestinal complications in radical cystectomy - Session Highlights

Published on Wednesday, 18 May 2011 17:00

WASHINGTON, DC USA (UroToday.com) - Ileus after radical cystectomy is one of the most common and difficult complications to manage and is the main cause for extended length of hospital stay.

AUA 2011 - Does the lymphatic drainage pattern of the lateral bladder wall make a bilateral pelvic lymphadenectomy (PLND) unnecessary in strictly laterally localized invasive bladder cancer? Results of a multimodality mapping study - Session Highlights

Published on Wednesday, 18 May 2011 17:00

WASHINGTON, DC USA (UroToday.com) - An extended bilateral pelvic lymph node dissection has a measurable complication rate that can be significant in the elderly population.

AUA 2011 - Influence of smoking history on bladder cancer patient outcome following radical cystectomy - Session Highlights

Published on Wednesday, 18 May 2011 17:00

WASHINGTON, DC USA (UroToday.com) - Smoking is a major risk factor for development of bladder cancer and is a significant health hazard.

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