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Bladder Cancer
Research on bladder cancer detailed by J.L. Gore and co-authors
April 7th, 2009
According to a study from the United States, "Single-institution series have documented the adverse impact of a 12-week delay between resection of muscle-invasive bladder cancer and radical cystectomy. These data are derived from tertiary centers, in which referral populations may confound outcomes." "The authors sought to examine the survival impact of a delay in radical cystectomy using nationally representative data. From the linked Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare dataset, the authors identified subjects with stage II transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder who underwent radical cystectomy between 1992 and 2001. They examined delays of...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-04-07)
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