Laparoscopic radical cystectomy (LRC) is a challenging technique, but it has been proposed as an alternative to open radical cystectomy (ORC), which is currently the gold standard treatment for muscle ...

A cystectomy is a surgery to remove your bladder. The bladder can stretch or relax to hold about 2 cups of urine (pee). Cystectomy often treats bladder cancer. But bladder removal surgery can help ...

When Jodi Byfuglin, 56, was diagnosed with bladder cancer, it felt like cruel irony. Byfuglin had lost both her parents to cancer in their 50s, and as a single mother of two, she was all her kids had ...

Bladder cancer occurs when cells in the bladder — a water balloon–like organ in the lower abdomen that stores urine — grow out of control. There are many treatment options for bladder cancer, which ...

Extended oral antibiotic prophylaxis eliminated UTIs after robot-assisted radical cystectomy procedures. Prophylactic antibiotics reduced overall infections by two-thirds and saved $9,000 per patient.

Although muscle-invasive disease is often treated by removal of the bladder, experts reveal potential high risk of death. Standard treatment for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer is radical ...

A retrospective study showed that recurrence of bladder cancer after radical cystectomy can occur up to 4 years after surgery. Patients who have no residual disease following radical cystectomy for ...

Structured Exercise Improves Physical Functioning in Women With Stages I and II Breast Cancer: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial PURPOSE: To evaluate our long-term experience with patients ...

Sexual dysfunction is a common, but often overlooked, consequence of radical cystectomy in both men and women Sexual dysfunction after radical cystectomy results from a combination of iatrogenic, ...

A 30-day course of prophylactic antibiotics following robot-assisted radical cystectomy significantly reduces the incidence of urinary tract infections (UTIs) and related complications, researchers ...