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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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).

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

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

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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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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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

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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.

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

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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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  1. AUA 2011 - Location of tumor in the bladder predicts likelihood of lymph node metastases at radical cystectomy and disease recurrence - Session Highlights
  2. AUA 2011 - Lymph node yield and predictors of extended lymphadenectomy at the time of robot-assisted radical cystectomy: Results from the International Robotic Cystectomy Consortium - Session Highlights
  3. AUA 2011 - Muscle-invasive bladder cancer in the elderly - Session Highlights
  4. AUA 2011 - Preoperative predictors of pathologic upstaging following cystectomy for T1 bladder cancer - Session Highlights