Background: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is the standard of care before radical cystectomy for muscle invasive bladder cancer. Recently, checkpoint inhibitors have been investigated as a neoadjuvant treatment after the reported efficacy of checkpoint inhibitors in metastatic urothelial carcinoma.
Objectives: The aim of this systematic review is to investigate the role of checkpoint inhibitors as a neoadjuvant treatment for muscle invasive bladder cancer before radical cystectomy.
Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the effect of preoperative stenting (POS) on the perioperative outcomes of flexible ureterorenoscopy (fURS).
Materials And Methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted based on the PRISMA statement. From the initially retrieved 609 reports, we excluded the ineligible studies at 2 stages.
Purpose To investigate the effect of diagnostic ureteroscopy (URS) on the delay to surgical treatment of upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) detected by imaging and the risk of intravesical recurrence. Materials and methods We undertook a retrospective case-note analysis of all patients who underwent radical nephroureterectomy (NUU) from November 2012 to July 2019. We identified those who underwent diagnostic ureteroscopy prior to NUU as Group 1 and those who did not undergo diagnostic URS as Group 2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The role of radical prostatectomy (RP) is still controversial for locally advanced prostate cancer (PC). Radiotherapy (RT) and hormonal therapy (HT) are usually used as a primary treatment.
Material And Methods: A systematic online search was conducted according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis statement.