Bladder cancer is a carcinoma of the elderly population.
The highest incidence of bladder cancer is between the ages of 70 and 80 years old. Radical cystectomy remains the gold standard for muscle invasive bladder cancer treatment. In this article different aspects of radical cystectomy in elderly patients are reviewed. The Pubmed-MEDLINE database was searched using the following keywords: radical, cystectomy, elderly and age.
Written by:
Bartsch G, Gust K, Vallo S, Bartsch C, Tsaur I, Mani J, Haferkamp A. Are you the author?
Klinik für Urologie und Kinderurologie, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Theodor Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland.
Reference: Urologe A. 2013 Apr 21. Epub ahead of print.
doi: 10.1007/s00120-013-3196-3
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 23604451
Article in German.
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