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Is it Time to Consider Eliminating Surgery from the Treatment of Locally Advanced Bladder Cancer?

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The similar clinical behavior, overlapping therapeutic patterns, and several clinical trials addressing the neoadjuvant and first-line therapy settings for bladder cancer support the call for a more uniform definition of… Click to show full abstract

The similar clinical behavior, overlapping therapeutic patterns, and several clinical trials addressing the neoadjuvant and first-line therapy settings for bladder cancer support the call for a more uniform definition of "locally advanced" disease. We highlight the diverse therapeutic opportunities that patients with locally advanced bladder cancer may receive at present. Multimodal management, and post-therapy surgery in particular, may still have a role in selected patients.

Keywords: bladder cancer; advanced bladder; locally advanced; surgery

Journal Title: European urology
Year Published: 2020

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