Jerlstrom T, et al. – In this study, investigators quantified the risk of short-term complications following radical cystectomy (RC) for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) among 1,340 patients who underwent RC between 2011 and 2015 and were treated with preoperative chemotherapy. Younger candidates with higher education, better physical status, and more advanced bladder cancer were given a minimum of two cycles of preoperative chemotherapy (n=519). No relationship between treatment with preoperative chemotherapy and short-term complications or mortality was evident. In candidates who received preoperative chemotherapy, a risk reduction for gastrointestinal complications was noted vs those who did not.