Occult nodal metastases in patients down-staged to non-muscle invasive disease following neoadjuvant chemotherapy

To evaluate the risk of occult nodal metastasis in patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer who exhibit a complete or partial clinical response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) and assess a potential role for “bladder sparing” management given that the gold standard treatment, radical cystectomy (RC), is associated with high morbidity.

Source: Urology - April 4, 2020 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Nima Nassiri, Saum Ghodoussipour, Marissa Maas, Azadeh Nazemi, Kian Asanad, Shane Pearce, Sumeet S. Bhanvadia, Hooman Djaladat, Anne Schuckman, Siamak Daneshmand Tags: Oncology Source Type: research