title: [Prognostic value of clinicopathologic factors in superficial bladder tumors: a retrospective analysis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study, through a series of superficial bladder tumors, the prognostic factors of recurrence and tumoral progression.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a retrospective study of a series of 59 urothelial tumors of the bladder at stage pTa or pT1. The following parameters were considered: age, sex, treatment, stage and grade. The chi square test was used in search of a correlation between the different parameters and the course (recurrence and progress) of the disease. A multivariate analysis was undertaken by integrating factors correlated with the course.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirty two tumors (54 %) had recured versus 27 (46%) without recurrence. Eight tumors (25 %) progressed in grade and 4 (12,5 %) had become infiltrative. Age beyond 65 years, tumoral size > 3 cm and multifocality were predictive factors of recurrence with a relative risks of 2,36, 3,28 and 3,88 respectively. In a multivariate analysis, these factors remained significant with adjusted relatif risks respectively of 1,36, 1,6 and 1,7.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Tunis.
authors.forename: Soumaya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rammeh-Rommani
authors.forename: Rachida
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zermani
authors.forename: Béchir
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zouari
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sfaxi
authors.forename: Anis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chabchoub
authors.forename: Faten
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Farah
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kourda
authors.forename: Mohsen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ayed
authors.forename: Sarra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ben Jilani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology