[Prognostic value of clinicopathologic factors in superficial bladder tumors: a retrospective analysis].
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.
Rammeh-Rommani
Soumaya
S
Service d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Tunis.
Zermani
Rachida
R
Zouari
Béchir
B
Sfaxi
Mohamed
M
Chabchoub
Anis
A
Farah
Faten
F
Kourda
Nadia
N
Ayed
Mohsen
M
Ben Jilani
Sarra
S
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