Objective: To study the experience in the treatment and diagnosis of the nontransitional cell tumor of the bladder, and to improve the overall survival rate.
Methods: The records were reviewed that 18 patients with nontransitional cell tumor of the bladder treated from Jan. 1990 to Dec. 1997 (5.1% of the 352 bladder tumors in the same period). 16.7% of the patients had benign tumor, 83.3% malignant. Of the latter 73.3% were invasive. The overall rate of palliative treatment, partial or total cystectomy was compared retrospectively.
Results: Three patients with benign tumor are alive. The overall survival rate of 14 patients with malignant tumor at 1, 3 and 5 years was 85.7%, 66.7%, and 57.1%.
Conclusions: Most of the patients had haematuria and irritable bladder symptoms. The proper treatment was partial or total cystectomy. The prognosis was apparently related to the tumor stage and therapy method.