2022
DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12051154
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The Role of Adjuvant Single Postoperative Instillation of Gemcitabine for Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Abstract: Bladder cancer is a heterogeneous disease with variable natural history. Non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer has a favorable prognosis following transurethral resection, but the optimal adjuvant chemotherapy plan is still in debate. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the adjuvant intravesical administration of a single dose of gemcitabine in the outcome of this disease. For that purpose, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis on available randomized control trials on MEDLINE, EMBASE… Show more

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“…Finally, advanced techniques are becoming more widely implied in bladder cancer clinical treatment. 34 , 35 Personalized treatments also have already emerged in clinical practice. Multidisciplinary comprehensive therapy may be helpful to the prognosis of patients with bladder cancer.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Finally, advanced techniques are becoming more widely implied in bladder cancer clinical treatment. 34 , 35 Personalized treatments also have already emerged in clinical practice. Multidisciplinary comprehensive therapy may be helpful to the prognosis of patients with bladder cancer.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Gemcitabine is a cytostatic agent belonging to the group of antimetabolites (a pyrimidine nucleoside analog) It is administered in the treatment many different cancers including urothelial bladder cancer, pancreatic adenocarcinoma, ovarian cancer or non-small cell lung cancer [ 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 ].…”
Section: Chemotherapymentioning
confidence: 99%