Radical Cystectomy Improves Survival compared to Trimodal Therapy in Bladder Cancer
A comprehensive meta-analysis compared the treatment modalities for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) by using either radical cystectomy (RC) or trimodal therapy (TMT). The findings were published in the Frontiers in Surgery.
This meticulous study explored the academic databases such as Scopus, PubMed, Cochrane, EMBASE, and others from 1966 to December 2023. This yielded data from 14 studies by encompassing 54,816 bladder cancer patients. Out of these, a total of 6,228 underwent trimodal therapy, while 48,588 opted for radical cystectomy.
The results unveiled a significant difference in survival rates with the RC group exhibiting higher overall survival than the TMT group (pooled hazard ratio [HR] = 1.23, 95% CI: 1.18–1.28, P < 0.001). Cancer-specific survival was significantly prolonged in the RC group (pooled HR = 1.47, 95% CI: 1.29–1.67, P < 0.001). Also, the patients in the TMT group faced an increased risk of all-cause mortality compared to their RC counterparts (pooled HR: 1.30, P < 0.001).
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