Soft tissue surgical margin status is a powerful predictor of outcomes after radical cystectomy: a multicenter study of more than 4,400 patients.

  • Giacomo Novara
  • Robert S Svatek
  • Pierre I Karakiewicz
  • Eila Skinner
  • Vincenzo Ficarra
  • Yves Fradet
  • Yair Lotan
  • Hendrik Isbarn
  • Umberto Capitanio
  • Patrick J Bastian
  • Wassim Kassouf
  • Hans-Martin Fritsche
  • Jonathan I Izawa
  • Derya Tilki
  • Colin P Dinney
  • Seth P Lerner
  • Mark Schoenberg
  • Bjoern G Volkmer
  • Arthur I Sagalowsky
  • Shahrokh F Shariat

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Abstract

We evaluated the association of soft tissue surgical margins with characteristics and outcomes of patients treated with radical cystectomy for urothelial carcinoma of the bladder.

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Original languageGerman
Article number6
ISSN0022-5347
Publication statusPublished - 2010
pubmed 20399473