The value of tumor-associated tissue inflammatory reaction in primary superficial bladder cancer.
The data of 92 patients who entered the prospective study between 1980 and 1982 were evaluable. The prevalence of tumor-associated tissue inflammatory reaction according to the tumorparameters stage, grade, multiplicity, tumor-weight and concomitant urothelial changes in primary superficial transitional cell cancer was estimated. Using high power field on the microscope tumor-associated cells were classified as lymphocytes, plasma cells, mast cells and eosinophils by morphological criteria. Recurrence rate, tumor progression and survival rate were evaluated for the group with tumor-associated cell infiltration and compared with the data of the group without any tumor-associated inflammatory reaction. According to recurrence rate, progression rate and survival rate there was a tendency to better prognosis for tumors with associated inflammatory reaction but this could not be proven by statistical analyses.
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Department of Urology, Wilhelminenspital, Vienna, Austria.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008221:Lymphoid Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*