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Bladder Cancer
Recent studies from University of California add new data to bladder cancer
June 30th, 2009
According to recent research from the United States, "Studies suggest that patients who undergo thorough lymphadenectomy for bladder cancer benefit from improved survival. We evaluated the incidence of and trends in lymphadenectomy in conjunction with radical cystectomy for bladder cancer." "Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results registry we identified 8,072 eligible patients with bladder cancer who underwent radical cystectomy with or without lymphadenectomy from 1988 to 2004. After stratification by age group, race, stage, grade and year of diagnosis we performed logistic and linear regression to correlate variables to the mean number of lymph nodes...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-06-30)
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