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Radiation therapy may be as good as bladder surgery at helping patients survive advanced bladder cancer, a new study shows.\"\"<\/p>\n

Researchers analyzed outcomes from more than 12,000 patients worldwide to compare survival of those who had radical cystectomy surgery versus those who had radiation. The result could influence decision-making by patients and their physicians in the treatment of muscle-invasive bladder cancer.<\/p>\n

Radical cystectomy is surgical removal of the bladder and is considered the gold-standard treatment for advanced bladder cancer.<\/p>\n

\u201cRadical cystectomy remains the preferred option for some patients, but this review opens the door to greater evaluation of radiation therapy as a beneficial alternative. The decision must be made on a case-by-case basis,\u201d said Dharam Kaushik, M.D., assistant professor of urology and senior author of the study. He collaborated with the Cleveland Clinic on the research.<\/p>\n

Based on the analysis, Dr. Kaushik and the team have launched a pilot clinical research study to evaluate survival among 30 patients with advanced bladder cancer\u201415 treated with surgery and 15 with radiation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a lot of controversy about this. We want to see if the finding holds,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

An estimated 77,000 cases of bladder cancer were diagnosed in 2016, with more than three-fourths of cases affecting men, according to the American Cancer Society. An estimated 16,000 Americans died of the disease in 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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