How do you approach treatment of localized small cell bladder cancer?
Do you prefer surgery vs radiation?
For surgical patients, do you offer neoadjuvant chemotherapy? If so what regimen?
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Medical Oncology · VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Localized small cell bladder cancers often are upstaged at surgery and show aggressive behavior. I offer 3 months of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (Cisplatin and Etoposide), followed by radical cystectomy for most patients who are surgical candidates (see MD Anderson data, Lynch et al, Eur Urology, PMID ...
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