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Conditional survival after radical cystectomy

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In a recent retrospective institutional analysis, the prognosis of patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer improved over time after surgical intervention. Indeed, duration of survivorship after radical cystectomy was inversely correlated with risk of mortality, suggesting that follow-up regimens should be modelled according to this parameter.

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    Giorgio Gandaglia & Maxine Sun

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Gandaglia, G., Sun, M. Conditional survival after radical cystectomy. Nat Rev Urol 11, 8–9 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrurol.2013.301

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