Clinical outcome of patients with T1 micropapillary urothelial carcinoma of the bladder Journal Article


Authors: Spaliviero, M.; Dalbagni, G.; Bochner, B. H.; Poon, B. Y.; Huang, H.; Al-Ahmadie, H. A.; Donahue, T. F.; Taylor, J. M.; Meeks, J. J.; Sjoberg, D. D.; Donat, S. M.; Reuter, V. E.; Herr, H. W.
Article Title: Clinical outcome of patients with T1 micropapillary urothelial carcinoma of the bladder
Abstract: Purpose We report cancer specific outcomes of micropapillary nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer. Materials and Methods We retrospectively reviewed the records of 36 cases restaged within 3 months of the initial diagnosis of micropapillary nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer. Early radical cystectomy within a 3-month landmark after restaging transurethral bladder tumor resection or conservative treatment with intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin, surveillance or deferred radical cystectomy was offered according to surgeon and patient preference. The cumulative incidence of cancer specific mortality and metastasis was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. Differences in the cumulative incidence of cancer specific mortality and metastasis between the groups were tested using the log rank test. Results Median patient age was 68 years (IQR 63-77). The male-to-female ratio was 3:1. At restaging all patients had cT1 disease or less. Early radical cystectomy was performed in 15 patients (42%) while 21 (58%) underwent conservative treatment. Median followup after landmark in cancer specific survivors was 3.1 years (IQR 1.1-5.9). The 5-year cumulative incidence of cancer specific mortality was 17% in the early radical cystectomy group and 25% in the conservative management group for an absolute difference of 7% (95% CI -26-41, p = 0.8). The 5-year cumulative incidence of metastasis was 21% and 34%, respectively, with an absolute difference of 13% (95% CI -23-49, p = 0.9). The extent of the micropapillary component was not significantly associated with cancer specific mortality (p = 0.4) or metastasis (p = 0.9). Conclusions Using proper selection criteria, including patient and pathological factors, certain patients in whom cT1 micropapillary urothelial carcinoma was managed conservatively did not have significantly worse outcomes than patients treated with early radical cystectomy. © 2014 by American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.
Keywords: adult; clinical article; treatment outcome; aged; outcome assessment; bcg vaccine; metastasis; medical record review; retrospective study; urinary bladder neoplasms; cancer mortality; cancer specific survival; cystectomy; non muscle invasive bladder cancer; human; male; female; priority journal; article
Journal Title: Journal of Urology
Volume: 192
Issue: 3
ISSN: 0022-5347
Publisher: Elsevier Science, Inc.  
Date Published: 2014-09-01
Start Page: 702
End Page: 707
Language: English
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2014.02.2565
PROVIDER: scopus
PUBMED: 24603101
PMCID: PMC4465582
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Notes: Export Date: 2 September 2014 -- CODEN: JOURA -- Source: Scopus
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  1. Guido Dalbagni
    325 Dalbagni
  2. Sherri M Donat
    174 Donat
  3. Jennifer Marie Taylor
    11 Taylor
  4. Daniel D. Sjoberg
    234 Sjoberg
  5. Bernard Bochner
    468 Bochner
  6. Victor Reuter
    1228 Reuter
  7. Harry W Herr
    594 Herr
  8. Joshua James Meeks
    17 Meeks
  9. Hongying Huang
    12 Huang
  10. Timothy Francis Donahue
    72 Donahue
  11. Jessica Bing Ying Poon
    15 Poon