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Neoadjuvant chemotherapy prior to radical cystectomy for muscle‐invasive bladder cancer with variant histology

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Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in pure urothelial bladder cancer provides a significant survival benefit. However, to the authors' knowledge, it is unknown whether this benefit persists in histological variants. The objective of… Click to show full abstract

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in pure urothelial bladder cancer provides a significant survival benefit. However, to the authors' knowledge, it is unknown whether this benefit persists in histological variants. The objective of the current study was to assess the effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on the probability of non‐organ‐confined disease and overall survival after radical cystectomy (RC) in patients with histological variants.

Keywords: bladder cancer; radical cystectomy; neoadjuvant chemotherapy; histology

Journal Title: Cancer
Year Published: 2017

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