Neoadjuvant gemcitabine and carboplatin followed by immediate cystectomy may be associated with a survival benefit in patients with clinical T2 bladder cancer

Neoadjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) is more beneficial for clinical T3/4 than clinical T2 (cT2) disease. The aim of this study was to assess whether neoadjuvant GCarbo has a survival impact on cT2 bladder cancer. We retrospectively reviewed the medical...

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Main Authors: Koie, Takuya, Ohyama, Chikara, Yamamoto, Hayato, Imai, Atsushi, Hatakeyama, Shingo, Yoneyama, Takahiro, Hashimoto, Yasuhiro, Yoneyama, Tohru, Tobisawa, Yuki
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer US 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4006118/