STOP smoking and alcohol drinking before OPeration for bladder cancer (the STOP-OP study), perioperative smoking and alcohol cessation intervention in relation to radical cystectomy: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

STOP smoking and alcohol drinking before OPeration for bladder cancer (the STOP-OP study), perioperative smoking and alcohol cessation intervention in relation to radical cystectomy: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Abstract Background To evaluate the effect of a smoking-, alcohol- or combined-cessation intervention starting shortly before surgery and lasting 6 weeks on overall complications after radical cystectomy. Secondary objectives are to examine the effect on types and grades of complications, smoking ce...

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Main Authors: Susanne Vahr Lauridsen, Thordis Thomsen, Peter Thind, Hanne Tønnesen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Smoking
Alcohol
Surgery
postoperative complications
Bladder cancer
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-017-2065-6

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