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Does augmentation cystoplasty increase the risk of bladder cancer?

Nature Reviews Urology volume 7, page 648 (2010)Cite this article

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The increased risk of bladder cancer associated with augmentation cystoplasty in patients with bladder dysfunction has been disputed by new research. “This study points out that the bladders we augment are not 'normal' and are at an underlying risk of malignancy even in the absence of a bladder augmentation,” explains senior author Douglas Husmann from the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA.

Augmentation cystoplasty is used to manage bladder dysfunction owing to congenital or neurological abnormalities. Previous findings have shown that bladder augmentation increases the risk of malignancy, and the benefits and disadvantages of this procedure are currently debated.

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  1. Higuchi, T. T. et al. Augmentation cystoplasty and risk of neoplasia: fact, fiction and controversy. J. Urol. 184, 2492–2497 (2010)

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Ray, K. Does augmentation cystoplasty increase the risk of bladder cancer?. Nat Rev Urol 7, 648 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrurol.2010.195

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