, associate professor of Radiation Oncology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, discusses key factors when considering whether a patient with bladder cancer is eligible to receive bladder-sparing surgery.

Bladder Cancer

"A key overarching question is whether there is just a higher burden/stage of disease “beyond which we don’t think a bladder preservation is likely to provide durable disease control,” says Neil Desai, MD.

Dr. Desai on selection criteria for the ideal candidate for bladder preservation surgery