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Medknow Publications, Indian Journal of Urology, 3(30), p. 314, 2014

DOI: 10.4103/0970-1591.134253

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International Radical Cystectomy Consortium: A way forward

Journal article published in 2014 by KhurshidA Guru, SyedJohar Raza, Erinn Field, AdamS Kibel, Alex Mottrie ORCID, AlonZ Weizer, Andrew Wagner, AshokK Hemal, DouglasS Scherr, Francis Schanne, Franco Gaboardi, Guan Wu, JamesO Peabody, Jihad Koauk, JoanPalou Redorta and other authors.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
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Abstract

Robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) is an emerging operative alternative to open surgery for the management of invasive bladder cancer. Studies from single institutions provide limited data due to the small number of patients. In order to better understand the related outcomes, a world-wide consortium was established in 2006 of patients undergoing RARC, called the International Robotic Cystectomy Consortium (IRCC). Thus far, the IRCC has reported its findings on various areas of operative interest and continues to expand its capacity to include other operative modalities and transform it into the International Radical Cystectomy Consortium. This article summarizes the findings of the IRCC and highlights the future direction of the consortium.