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Do you offer bladder-sparing approaches as an alternative to cystectomy for surgery-eligible patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer?

Should cystectomy remain standard of care? (Recently debated in JAMA Oncology: http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/article-abstract/2520055 http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/article-abstract/2520054)
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Medical Oncology · University of Washington School of Medicine
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We have a bladder cancer multispecialty clinic at SCCA/UWMC in which we also see patients with localized MIBC and we balance carefully risks vs benefits, rationale, data, details & logistics of options. Overall, cisplatin-based chemotherapy (for fit patients) ->radical cystectomy with PLND, OR maxim...

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