title: Prognosis of bladder cancer. II. The fate of patients with T1b transitional cell bladder cancer.
abstract: We have reviewed the tumor progress in 46 patients who presented T1b lesions in a previous study on the prognosis of superficial bladder cancer. A group of 12 patients with single or very few localizations was treated by transurethral resection. Five patients progressed and were submitted to cystectomy. Two of these 5 patients died within 3 years of the surgical treatment. Twenty-seven patients with multiple lesions underwent cystectomy soon after the initial diagnosis. Nearly 30% experienced progression; 4 patients died within 4 years after cystectomy. A delayed cystectomy was performed in 7 patients with multifocal disease; in all but one the tumor progressed; 5 patients died between 7 and 28 months after the surgery.
authors: Department of Urology, University of Padua, Italy.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Pagano
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Pegoraro
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Prayer-Galetti
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Pizzarella
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Milani
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Garbeglio
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D003558:Cystoscopy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery