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Endowed Professor, Surgeon, Former Fellowship Director @MDAndersonNews | President, IBCG | Assoc Editor @EurUrolOncol | Views my own
Apr 22 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Bladder preservation in muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) is evidence-based, patient-centered, and underutilized

The latest @IBCG_BladderCA consensus in @EUplatinum offers global expert recommendations on when, how, and for whom bladder-sparing strategies are appropriate 🧵1/5

#BladderCancer #AUA25 #OncSurgery #PatientCenteredCare @shilpaonc @achoud72 @FaltasLab @mouwlab @AndreaNecchi @PGrivasMDPhD @UrogerliMD @danielgrassImage šŸ›ļø The backbone of bladder preservation is Trimodal Therapy (TMT):
šŸ”¹ Maximal TURBT
šŸ”¹ Radiation therapy
šŸ”¹ Concurrent chemo (cisplatin, 5-FU + MMC, gemcitabine, or carbogen + nicotinamide)
TMT can offer survival outcomes on par with cystectomy for well select patients @AlisonBirtle @Prof_Nick_James @Uromigos @scserendipity1 @DrFelixGuerrero 🧵2/5
Mar 28, 2023 • 11 tweets • 34 min read
Jan 21, 2023 • 11 tweets • 24 min read
Join us at #EAU23 for our Rapid Fire Debate #BladderCancer Session
Sat, March 11, 3:15 pm

@MarekBabjuk @joanfundi @paolo_gontero @slernerbcmedu1 @UrogerliMD @MRoupret @LAUrology_NL @ParamMariappan @JBjerggaard @JimCatto @amassonlecomte @DrShariat @AndreaNecchi @AStenzl @Uroweb ImageImage Help our debaters prep with your responses
Poll #1a: Does PDD/NBI etc help alter natural history of NMIBC?

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