How long should we follow patients managed for muscle-invasive bladder cancer? Lesson learned from a recent clinical practice

Submitted: June 14, 2022
Accepted: June 17, 2022
Published: September 26, 2022
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The exact time to stop bladder cancer patient’s follow-up is not well known and there is not a clear recommendation on if and when stop to follow a patient managed for muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). Major urological guidelines do not provide a precise indication on the timing of follow-up, and there is currently no real consensus on optimal time schedule [...].

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De Rose, A. F., Vecco, F., Ambrosini, F., Malinaric, R., Mantica, G., & Terrone, C. (2022). How long should we follow patients managed for muscle-invasive bladder cancer? Lesson learned from a recent clinical practice. Archivio Italiano Di Urologia E Andrologia, 94(3), 369–370. https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2022.3.369