Bladder Cancer

Widespread adoption of laparoscopic cystectomy may increase death rate

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, October 19th, 2003

Widespread use of laparoscopic cystectomy - a minimally invasive alternative to traditional bladder-removal surgery for patients with aggressive bladder cancer - could increase the death rate from bladder cancer, a leading urologic oncologist warned at the annual meeting of the World Congress on Endourology.

"Laparoscopic cystectomy will not add a single day to the life of a patient with bladder cancer, but if the technique becomes widely used in the next 5 years, it is likely to increase the mortality from the disease," said Ralph deVere White, professor and chair of urology at the UC Davis School of Medicine and Medical Center and director of the UC Davis Cancer...

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