[NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY BEFORE RADICAL CYSTECTOMY - MIGHT IT BE OFFERED SELECTIVELY?].

Introduction: Neoadjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy prior radical cystectomy is the standard of care in patients with a muscle invasive bladder cancer. It is intended to treat micro-metastases. However, most patients do not develop metastases even without chemotherapy and are receiving this treatment in vain.

Trimodal therapy in T2-4aN0M0 bladder cancer--How to select the best candidate?

The reported results of trimodal treatment (TMT) in muscle-invasive bladder cancer vary widely. We attempted to characterize the profile of ideal candidates for this approach. Between 2000 and 2019, 105 patients (median age 78 years) with T2-4aN0M0 bladder cancer were treated with TMT and analyzed retrospectively.

Abbreviated CT protocol for postoperative surveillance of renal cancer.

Introduction: Postoperative surveillance protocols after nephrectomy for kidney cancer include periodic computed tomography (CT) scans of the chest and abdomen. A single study exposes the patient to 21 mSv (equivalent to 7-year exposure to natural background radiation). The objective of this study was to evaluate the hypothesis that an abbreviated CT protocol restricted to the chest and upper abdomen (i.