Age represents the main driver of surgical decision making in patients candidate to radical cystectomy.
Paolo Dell'OglioStefano TapperoAntonio Benito PorcaroAlessandro AntonelliDaniel SalvadorEvanguelos XylinasMario Alvarez-MaestroRodolfo HurleRafael Sanchez SalasAnna ColomerGiuseppe SimoneKees HendricksenAngelo PeroniChiara LonatiAlberto OliveroMorgan RouprêtMathieu RoumiguiéFrancesco SoriaPaolo UmariDavid D'AndreaCarlo TerroneAntonio GalfanoMarco MoschiniEttore Di Trapaninull nullPublished in: Journal of surgical oncology (2023)
Age ≥80 years does not independently portend worse surgical outcomes for RC. However, octogenarians are unreasonably more likely to receive open approach and UCS diversion, and less likely to undergo LND.