Is it oncologically and clinically safe to adopt a bladder sparing approach in complete responders following neoadjuvant chemotherapy alone without proceeding to a radical cystectomy?

Ranjan Arianayagam¹, Anand Sharma², Nikhil Vasdev^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology and Surgery, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Urological Cancer Centre, Lister Hospital, East and North Herts NHS Trust, Stevenage, UK.
² Department of Oncology, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood, UK.
³ School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK.

Editorial

Ranjan Arianayagam et al. Transl Androl Urol. 2018 Dec.

. 2018 Dec;7(Suppl 6):S741-S743.

doi: 10.21037/tau.2018.08.18.

Ranjan Arianayagam¹, Anand Sharma², Nikhil Vasdev^{1

3}

¹ Department of Urology and Surgery, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Urological Cancer Centre, Lister Hospital, East and North Herts NHS Trust, Stevenage, UK.
² Department of Oncology, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood, UK.
³ School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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