2023
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 removal
2020
Evaluation of the New American Urological Association Guidelines Risk Classification for Hematuria
Woldu S, Ng C, Loo R, Slezak J, Jacobsen S, Tan W, Kelly J, Lough T, Darling D, van Kessel K, de Jong J, van Criekinge W, Shariat S, Hiar A, Brown S, Boorjian S, Barocas D, Svatek R, Lotan Y. Evaluation of the New American Urological Association Guidelines Risk Classification for Hematuria. Journal Of Urology 2020, 205: 1387-1392. PMID: 33356483, DOI: 10.1097/ju.0000000000001550.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncidence of bladder cancerBladder cancerHigh-risk groupRisk groupsRisk strataCancer incidenceDegree of hematuriaHigh-risk patientsRisk stratification systemAmerican Urological AssociationEvaluation of patientsMultinational cohort studyRisk-stratified approachBladder cancer incidenceHematuria patientsClinically meaningful categoriesGross hematuriaUrologic evaluationIntermediate riskProspective registryRisk patientsContemporary patientsSmoking historyUrological AssociationHematuria