Grossman - Figure 19

Postoperative Complications

FIG. 19:  This Figure highlights data from SWOG 8710,[2] which compared traditional MVAC vs MVAC plus cystectomy.  It is clear that toxicity was almost identical on the 2 study arms and that adding neoadjuvant MVAC did not significantly increase toxicity.

References

[2]

Grossman HB, Natale RB, Tangen CM, et al. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus cystectomy compared with cystectomy alone for locally advanced bladder cancer. N Engl J Med. 2003;349:859−66  https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa022148