High-Grade Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer: When to Move to Early Radical Cystectomy?

Autor: Anmar M. Nassir, Musab M. Alghamdi, Mohamed A. Elkoushy, Ahmad Bugis, Hesham Saada, Raed A. Azhar, Sameer A. Munshi
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.19399
Popis: Objectives To compare the outcomes of bladder preservation therapy with early or deferred radical cystectomy (RC) in high-grade non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. Methods Prospectively collected data were obtained for patients undergoing transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) at a tertiary care center between 2007 and 2018. Patients with a high-grade tumor (HGT1) were divided into three groups, depending on the treatment plan: conservative (GI), early RC (GII), or deferred RC (GIII). Kaplan-Meier analysis was performed to assess the cancer-specific survival (CSS). Results Seventy-one patients were included, and the patients had a median (range) age of 49 (32-72) years. The GI, GII, and GIII groups included 34 (47.9%), 14 (19.7%), and 23 (32.4%) patients, respectively. A significantly lower number of GII patients underwent >2 TURBTs (14.3% vs. 100%, p
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