Effect of Age on Outcome of High-Risk Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Patients Treated with Second Transurethral Resection and Maintenance Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Therapy

Autor: Sümer Baltacı, Murat Bozlu, Asıf Yıldırım, Mehmet İlker Gökçe, İlker Tinay, Güven Aslan, Cavit Can, Levent Türkeri, Uğur Kuyumcuoğlu, Aydın Mungan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of Urological Surgery, Vol 3, Iss 3, Pp 74-79 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2148-9580
DOI: 10.4274/jus.2016.1009
Popis: Objective To determine the effect of age on recurrence and progression rates in a population of high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) patients treated with a second transurethral resection (TUR) and at least 1 year of maintenance Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) therapy. Materials and Methods In this multicenter study, we reviewed the data of patients treated for high-risk NMIBC between 2005 and 2012. Patients without a muscle-invasive cancer on second TUR and received induction BCG and at least one year of maintenance BCG therapy and at least 12 months of follow-up after completion of maintenance BCG were included. Effect of age was analyzed both dichotomously (
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