Oncological Outcomes for Patients with European Association of Urology Very High-risk Non–muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Treated with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin or Early Radical Cystectomy
Contieri R, Hensley P, Tan W, Grajales V, Bree K, Nogueras-Gonzalez G, Lee B, Navai N, Dinney C, Kamat A. Oncological Outcomes for Patients with European Association of Urology Very High-risk Non–muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Treated with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin or Early Radical Cystectomy. European Urology Oncology 2023, 6: 590-596. PMID: 37558542, DOI: 10.1016/j.euo.2023.07.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-muscle-invasive bladder cancerCancer-specific mortalityBacillus Calmette-GuerinHigh-grade recurrenceHigh-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancerOverall survivalBladder cancerEuropean Urological AssociationOncological outcomesNo significant differenceEarly RCPatients treated with bacillus Calmette-GuerinTreated with bacillus Calmette-GuerinNon-muscle invasive bladder cancerIntravesical BCGContemporary cohort of patientsCancer-specific mortality ratesProgression rateBacillus Calmette-Guerin groupEarly radical cystectomyMedian follow-upInvasive bladder cancerSignificant differenceCohort of patientsEarly surgical removalBladder-sparing Treatment in Patients with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin–unresponsive Non–muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer: An Analysis of Long-term Survival Outcomes
Tan W, Grajales V, Contieri R, Hensley P, Bree K, Msaouel P, Guo C, Nogueras-Gonzalez G, Navai N, Dinney C, Kamat A. Bladder-sparing Treatment in Patients with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin–unresponsive Non–muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer: An Analysis of Long-term Survival Outcomes. European Urology Open Science 2023, 53: 16-22. PMID: 37441349, PMCID: PMC10334230, DOI: 10.1016/j.euros.2023.04.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-muscle-invasive bladder cancerBladder-sparing treatmentLong-term survival outcomesCancer-specific survivalBCG-unresponsive NMIBC patientsEarly radical cystectomyRadical cystectomySurvival outcomesOverall survivalBladder cancerDelayed RCNMIBC patientsEarly RCAnalysis of long-term survival outcomesHigh-grade recurrenceProgression-free rateRecurrence-free rateMedian follow-upShort-term outcomesLong-term outcomesCurrent smoker statusCT1 diseaseLymphovascular invasionVariant histologyPrimary endpoint