Although self - appraisal
of overall well - being may mediate physiologic responses to surgery, patient - reported health status has not been extensively studied among
bladder cancer patients to date, and its utility in predicting postoperative outcomes, such as
complications, has not been previously examined.»
Patients with
bladder cancer are two times more likely to have
complications after a radical cystectomy procedure if they have a biomarker for poor nutritional status before the operation, according to study findings presented today at the 2013 Clinical Congress
of the American College
of Surgeons.
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of the following Illness (es) or Surgery (ies), which Manifest (ed) themselves or are recommended, or symptoms occur during the first one hundred and eighty (180) days
of Coverage hereunder beginning on the initial Effective Date: any condition
of the breast; any Treatment
of all forms
of cancer / neoplasm; any condition
of the prostate; disorders
of the reproductive system; hysterectomy; gall stones or urologic stones (kidney, ureteral,
bladder or urethral stones) and any associated
complications; any acne diagnosis or acne related condition; asthma; allergies; tonsillectomy; back conditions; adenoidectomy; hemorrhoids; hemorrhoidectomy; hernia, or any Surgery (ies) that is (are) not Emergency in nature, as Emergency is defined hereunder.