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SUBMITTER: Baras AS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4521868 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Baras Alexander S AS Gandhi Nilay N Munari Enrico E Faraj Sheila S Shultz Luciana L Marchionni Luigi L Schoenberg Mark M Hahn Noah N Hoque Mohammad Obaidul MO Berman David D Bivalacqua Trinity J TJ Netto George G
PloS one 20150731 7
<h4>Background</h4>The 5-year cancer specific survival (CSS) for patients with muscle invasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (MIBC) treated with cystectomy alone is approximately 50%. Platinum based neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) plus cystectomy results in a marginal 5-10% increase in 5-year CSS in MIBC. Interestingly, responders to NAC (<ypT2) have a 5-year CSS of 90% which is in stark contrast to the 30-40% CSS for those whose MIBC is resistance to NAC. While the implementation of NAC fo ...[more]