Complete removal of the bladder (cystectomy) is the treatment of choice. This provides excellent control of the primary tumor and removes all of the primary lymph node drainage and any potential ...
Prior studies have indicated that the majority of elderly patients with clinically localized muscle invasive bladder cancer do not undergo radical cystectomy as recommended by evidence-based ...
Other indications for radical cystectomy are micropapillary disease ... non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer at this time. Upper-tract evaluation is also important in the initial staging work ...