Is TURBT able to cure high risk recurrent superficial or muscle invasive bladder cancer: Factors resulting in pT0 radical cystectomy specimens

Purpose In 76% of radical cystectomy patients there is discrepancy between the initial stage at transurethral resection and the final pathological stage of the cystectomy specimen. More specifically in contemporary series the absence of tumor at radical cystectomy specimens (stage pT0) is estim...

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Main Authors: Evangelos Mazaris, Shady Nafie, Gregory Boustead
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia 2013-06-01
Series:International Brazilian Journal of Urology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-55382013000300364&lng=en&tlng=en