Do Not Learn a Technique, Learn the Biology Underlying the Disease: Techniques Evolve, Biology Prevails.

Moschini, Marco; Shariat, Shahrokh F; Black, Peter; Kamat, Ashish M; Stabile, Armando; Cathelineau, Xavier; Kassouf, Wassim; Bochner, Bernard H et al. · Eur Urol · 2020

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Abstract

The evidence available suggests that open and robot-assisted radical cystectomy lead to similar outcomes in bladder cancer. True advances will come from a better understanding of the biology of the disease, and a comprehensive, multimodal approach that aims to improve patient survival and quality of life is more critical than the surgical technique.

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