[T1G3 bladder tumors: 5 years later]

Arch Ital Urol Androl. 1996 Feb;68(1):35-8.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

We have evaluated 79 patients affected by bladder cancer T1G3: 31 underwent just endoscopy, 11 radiotherapy, 10 cystectomy and 27 topical chemotherapy. At five years 44 patients were alive and disease free, 7 were alive but recurrent in TA, 3 were alive but in metastatic progression, 17 were died because of the tumor, 3 died because of the therapy, and 5 died disease free. The authors believe that this patients could be treated with BCG as first treatment choice performing cystectomy when relapse or progression occuring.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / therapeutic use
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / mortality
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / therapy*
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Cystectomy
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Endoscopy
  • Epirubicin / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Time Factors
  • Urinary Bladder / pathology
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / mortality
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / pathology
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / therapy*

Substances

  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
  • Epirubicin