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 removalImpact of age >70 years on oncological outcomes in patients with non‐muscle‐invasive bladder cancer treated with Bacillus Calmette–Guérin
Contieri R, Grajales V, Tan W, Martini A, Sood A, Hensley P, Bree K, Lobo N, Nogueras‐Gonzalez G, Guo C, Navai N, Dinney C, Kamat A. Impact of age >70 years on oncological outcomes in patients with non‐muscle‐invasive bladder cancer treated with Bacillus Calmette–Guérin. BJU International 2023, 133: 63-70. PMID: 37442564, PMCID: PMC10787034, DOI: 10.1111/bju.16127.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-muscle-invasive bladder cancerBacillus Calmette-GuerinCancer-specific mortalityCompeting-risk regression analysisCohort of patientsOncological outcomesFood and Drug AdministrationHG recurrenceAssociated with adverse oncologic outcomesHigh-gradeImpact of ageInstitutional review board-approved retrospective studyBacillus Calmette-Guerin instillationsIntravesical BCGCumulative incidence of progressionAdverse oncologic outcomesIncidence of progressionAssociation of advanced ageUnited States Food and Drug AdministrationStates Food and Drug AdministrationCumulative incidence methodPredictors of progressionStudy's primary outcomeBCG instillationRegression analysis