Association between precystectomy epithelial tumor marker response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy and oncological outcomes in urothelial bladder cancer

We previously reported that elevated precystectomy serum levels of epithelial tumor markers predict worse oncological outcome in patients with invasive bladder cancer (BC). Herein, we evaluated the effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) on elevated tumor marker levels and their association with oncological outcomes.

Source: Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations - November 20, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Soroush T. Bazargani, Thomas G. Clifford, Hooman Djaladat, Anne K. Schuckman, Kevin Wayne, Gus Miranda, Jie Cai, Sarmad Sadeghi, Tanya Dorff, David I Quinn, Siamak Daneshmand Tags: Features Article Source Type: research