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Reducing bladder cancer deaths
Author(s) -
Konety Badrinath R.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.24137
Subject(s) - medicine , cystectomy , bladder cancer , disease , cancer , urothelial cancer , surgery , urology
In patients with bladder cancer, earlier cystectomy or other aggressive therapy can save the lives of some patients with nonmuscle‐invasive disease. It is imperative to develop criteria for performing preemptive cystectomy in patients with nonmuscle‐invasive disease who have failed intravesical therapies.