[T1 bladder tumors. Can they be considered superficial?].
The authors report about a series of 60 cases of superficial (Ta and T1) bladder tumors and study their evolution towards infiltration according to the grade, size and number. 16% of the T1 tumors evolved towards infiltration and/or metastatic spread after a period of 42 months. In our opinion, T1 tumors can be regarded as superficial tumors. However, our therapeutic attitude is cautious because of pejorative factors of prognosis: high grade, multiple foci, and size exceeding 5 cm.
el Ouakdi
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Service d'Urologie, Hôpital Charles-Nicolle, Tunis, Tunisie.
Njeh
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Smaoui
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Masmoudi
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Ayed
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Zmerli
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D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery