T1G3 bladder tumors: 5 years later
Pegoraro, C.; Bondovalli, C.; Dall'Oglio, B.; Schiavon, L.; Luciano, M.; Parma, A.
Archivio Italiano di Urologia Andrologia Organo Ufficiale di Societa Italiana di Ecografia Urologica e Nefrologica 68(1): 35-38
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 1124-3562 PMID: 8664919 Document Number: 460480
We have evaluated 79 patients affected by bladder cancer T1G3: 31 underwent just endoscopy, 11 radiotherapy, 10 cystectomy and 27 topical chemotherapy. At five years 44 patients were alive and disease free, 7 were alive but recurrent in TA, 3 were alive but in metastatic progression, 17 were died because of the tumor, 3 died because of the therapy, and 5 died disease free. The authors believe that this patients could be treated with BCG as first treatment choice performing cystectomy when relapse or progression occuring.