Journal article
Incidence, Characteristics and Implications of Thromboembolic Events in Patients with Muscle Invasive Urothelial Carcinoma of the Bladder Undergoing Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
Abstract
PURPOSE: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and pelvic surgery are significant risk factors for thromboembolic events. Our study objectives were to investigate the timing, incidence and characteristics of thromboembolic events during and after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and subsequent radical cystectomy in patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: We performed a multi-institutional retrospective analysis of 761 patients who …
Authors
Duivenvoorden WCM; Daneshmand S; Canter D; Lotan Y; Black PC; Abdi H; van Rhijn BWG; van de Putte EEF; Zareba P; Koskinen I
Journal
Journal of Urology, Vol. 196, No. 6, pp. 1627–1633
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
December 2016
DOI
10.1016/j.juro.2016.06.017
ISSN
0021-0005