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Mohamed KS, Desai K, El-Habashy D, Liu S. Pathological Extramural Venous Invasion in High-stage Urothelial Carcinoma of the Bladder has Shorter Locoregional Recurrence-free Survival. Int J Surg Pathol 2024:10668969241253209. [PMID: 38803228 DOI: 10.1177/10668969241253209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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Extramural venous invasion is an independent prognostic factor in colorectal cancers; the pathological identification of extramural venous invasion in bladder cancer remains unclear. By focusing on high-stage urothelial carcinoma of the bladder, we provide insights into the pathological identification of extramural venous invasion in this particular clinical context. Clinical and demographic details and pathological reports were extracted from electronic medical records. Histological sections were reviewed for the pathological identification of extramural venous invasion. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS version 23 software. Survival analysis was done using Kaplan-Meier method. In patients with available follow-up data, 62% (n = 21) exhibited pathologically evidenced extramural venous invasion, whereas 38% (n = 13) did not. The extramural venous invasion positive group showed trends toward more advanced and pathological staging and a higher occurrence of extra-nodal extension. Positive margins were more frequent in the extramural venous invasion positive group (33%) compared to the extramural venous invasion negative group (8%). However, these differences were not statistically significant. Notably, all instances of recurrence were in the extramural venous invasion positive group of patients. The extramural venous invasion positive group of patients showed a significantly shorter locoregional recurrence-free survival (P-value of 0.045). However, extramural venous invasion did not emerge as a significant factor in univariate analyses for recurrence-free survival. These findings highlight the potential role of extramural venous invasion as a prognostic factor in bladder cancer but underscore the need for further research with larger cohorts to confirm its significance.
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- Khaled S Mohamed
- Department of Pathology, University of Florida College of Medicine- Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Florida College of Medicine- Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Florida College of Medicine- Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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Zheng H, An M, Luo Y, Diao X, Zhong W, Pang M, Lin Y, Chen J, Li Y, Kong Y, Zhao Y, Yin Y, Ai L, Huang J, Chen C, Lin T. PDGFRα +ITGA11 + fibroblasts foster early-stage cancer lymphovascular invasion and lymphatic metastasis via ITGA11-SELE interplay. Cancer Cell 2024; 42:682-700.e12. [PMID: 38428409 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2024.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/03/2024]
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Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) exhibit considerable heterogeneity in advanced cancers; however, the functional annotation and mechanism of CAFs in early-stage cancers remain elusive. Utilizing single-cell RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomic, we identify a previously unknown PDGFRα+ITGA11+ CAF subset in early-stage bladder cancer (BCa). Multicenter clinical analysis of a 910-case cohort confirms that PDGFRα+ITGA11+ CAFs are associated with lymphovascular invasion (LVI) and poor prognosis in early-stage BCa. These CAFs facilitate LVI and lymph node (LN) metastasis in early-stage BCa, as evidenced in a PDGFRα+ITGA11+ CAFs-specific deficient mouse model. Mechanistically, PDGFRα+ITGA11+ CAFs promote lymphangiogenesis via recognizing ITGA11 surface receptor SELE on lymphatic endothelial cells to activate SRC-p-VEGFR3-MAPK pathway. Further, CHI3L1 from PDGFRα+ITGA11+ CAFs aligns the surrounding matrix to assist cancer cell intravasation, fostering early-stage BCa LVI and LN metastasis. Collectively, our study reveals the crucial role of PDGFRα+ITGA11+ CAFs in shaping metastatic landscape, informing the treatment of early-stage BCa LVI.
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- Hanhao Zheng
- Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
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- Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
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- Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
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- Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
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- Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
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- Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
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- Department of Tumor Intervention, Sun Yat-sen University First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
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- Department of Oncology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
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- Department of Oncology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
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- Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
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- Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China.
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- Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China.
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Lenis AT, Whiting K, Ravichandran V, Tallman JE, Alam SM, Chu CE, Jesus Escano MD, Bochner E, Katims A, Reisz PA, Truong H, Clinton TN, Telis L, Dason S, McPherson V, Teo MY, Funt S, Aggen D, Goh AC, Donahue TF, Cha EK, Donat SM, Herr HW, Dalbagni G, Schultz N, Berger MF, Bajorin DF, Rosenberg JE, Bochner BH, Ostrovnaya I, Al-Ahmadie H, Solit DB, Iyer G, Pietzak EJ. Natural History and Genomic Landscape of Chemotherapy-Resistant Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer. JCO Precis Oncol 2024; 8:e2300274. [PMID: 38691813 DOI: 10.1200/po.23.00274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Revised: 11/03/2023] [Accepted: 02/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/03/2024] Open
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PURPOSE Patients with residual invasive bladder cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) and radical cystectomy have a poor prognosis. Data on adjuvant therapy for these patients are conflicting. We sought to evaluate the natural history and genomic landscape of chemotherapy-resistant bladder cancer to inform patient management and clinical trials. METHODS Data were collected on patients with clinically localized muscle-invasive urothelial bladder cancer treated with NAC and cystectomy at our institution between May 15, 2001, and August 15, 2019, and completed four cycles of gemcitabine and cisplatin NAC, excluding those treated with adjuvant therapies. Survival was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method, and multivariable Cox proportional hazards models were used to identify predictors of recurrence-free survival (RFS). Genomic alterations were identified in targeted exome sequencing (Memorial Sloan Kettering Integrated Mutation Profiling of Actionable Cancer Targets) data from post-NAC specimens from a subset of patients. RESULTS Lymphovascular invasion (LVI) was the strongest predictor of RFS (hazard ratio, 2.15 [95% CI, 1.37 to 3.39]) on multivariable analysis. Patients with ypT2N0 disease without LVI had a significantly prolonged RFS compared with those with LVI (70% RFS at 5 years). Lymph node yield did not affect RFS. Among patients with sequencing data (n = 101), chemotherapy-resistant tumors had fewer alterations in DNA damage response genes compared with tumors from a publicly available chemotherapy-naïve cohort (15% v 29%; P = .021). Alterations in CDKN2A/B were associated with shorter RFS. PIK3CA alterations were associated with LVI. Potentially actionable alterations were identified in more than 75% of tumors. CONCLUSION Although chemotherapy-resistant bladder cancer generally portends a poor prognosis, patients with organ-confined disease without LVI may be candidates for close observation without adjuvant therapy. The genomic landscape of chemotherapy-resistant tumors is similar to chemotherapy-naïve tumors. Therapeutic opportunities exist for targeted therapies as adjuvant treatment in chemotherapy-resistant disease.
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- Andrew T Lenis
- Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), New York, NY
- Department of Urology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Biostatistics Service, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, MSK, New York, NY
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- Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, MSK, New York, NY
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- Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), New York, NY
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- Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), New York, NY
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- Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), New York, NY
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- Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), New York, NY
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- Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), New York, NY
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- Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), New York, NY
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- Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), New York, NY
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- Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), New York, NY
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- Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), New York, NY
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- Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), New York, NY
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- Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), New York, NY
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- Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), New York, NY
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- Genitourinary Oncology Service, Department of Medicine, MSK, New York, NY
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- Genitourinary Oncology Service, Department of Medicine, MSK, New York, NY
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- Genitourinary Oncology Service, Department of Medicine, MSK, New York, NY
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- Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), New York, NY
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- Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), New York, NY
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- Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), New York, NY
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- Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), New York, NY
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- Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), New York, NY
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- Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), New York, NY
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- Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, MSK, New York, NY
- Computational Oncology Service, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, MSK, New York, NY
- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, MSK, New York, NY
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- Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, MSK, New York, NY
- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, MSK, New York, NY
- Molecular Diagnostics Service, Department of Pathology, MSK, New York, NY
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- Genitourinary Oncology Service, Department of Medicine, MSK, New York, NY
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- Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), New York, NY
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- Biostatistics Service, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, MSK, New York, NY
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- Genitourinary and Surgical Services, Department of Pathology, MSK, New York, NY
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- Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, MSK, New York, NY
- Genitourinary Oncology Service, Department of Medicine, MSK, New York, NY
- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, MSK, New York, NY
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- Genitourinary Oncology Service, Department of Medicine, MSK, New York, NY
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- Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), New York, NY
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Subiela JD, Krajewski W, González-Padilla DA, Laszkiewicz J, Taborda J, Aumatell J, Sanchez Encinas M, Basile G, Moschini M, Caño-Velasco J, Lopez Perez E, Del Olmo Durán P, Gallioli A, Tukiendorf A, D'Andrea D, Yuen-Chun Teoh J, Serna Céspedes A, Pichler R, Afferi L, Del Giudice F, Gomez Rivas J, Albisinni S, Soria F, Ploussard G, Mertens LS, Rajwa P, Laukhtina E, Pradere B, Tully K, Guerrero-Ramos F, Rodríguez-Faba Ó, Alvarez-Maestro M, Dominguez-Escrig JL, Szydełko T, Gomez Dos Santos V, Jiménez Cidre MÁ, Burgos Revilla FJ. Unlocking the Potential of Adequate Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Immunotherapy in Very-high-risk Non-muscle-invasive Bladder Carcinoma: A Multicenter Analysis of Oncological Outcomes and Risk Dynamics. Eur Urol Oncol 2024:S2588-9311(24)00043-9. [PMID: 38355375 DOI: 10.1016/j.euo.2024.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2023] [Revised: 12/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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BACKGROUND The European Association of Urology (EAU) recommends discussing upfront radical cystectomy for all patients with very high risk (VHR) non-muscle-invasive bladder carcinoma (NMIBC), but the role of bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) treatment remains controversial. OBJECTIVE To analyze oncological outcomes in VHR NMIBC patients (EAU risk groups) treated with adequate BCG. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS A multi-institutional retrospective study involving patients with VHR NMIBC who received adequate BCG therapy from 2007 to 2020 was conducted. OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS A survival analysis estimated recurrence-free survival (RFS), progression-free survival (PFS), and the cumulative incidence of cancer-specific mortality (CSM) after accounting for other causes of mortality as competing risk events and of the overall mortality (OM). Conditional survival probabilities for 0-4 yr without events were computed. Cox regression assessed the predictors of oncological outcomes. RESULTS AND LIMITATION A total of 640 patients, with a median 47 (32-67) mo follow-up for event-free individuals, were analyzed. High-grade RFS and PFS at 5 yr were 53% (49-57%) and 78% (74-82%), respectively. The cumulative incidence of CSM and OM at 5 yr was 13% (10-16%) and 16% (13-19%), respectively. Conditional RFS, PFS, overall survival, and cancer-specific survival at 4 yr were 91%, 96%, 87%, and 94%, respectively. Cox regression identified tumor grade (hazard ratio [HR]: 1.54; 1.1-2) and size (HR: 1.3; 1.1-1.7) as RFS predictors. Tumor multiplicity predicted RFS (HR: 1.6; 1.3-2), PFS (HR: 2; 1.2-3.3), and CSM (HR: 2; 1.2-3.2), while age predicted OM (HR: 1.48; 1.1-2). CONCLUSIONS Patients with VHR NMIBC who receive adequate BCG therapy have a more favorable prognosis than predicted by EAU risk groups, especially among those with a sustained response, in whom continuing maintenance therapy emerges as a viable alternative to radical cystectomy. PATIENT SUMMARY Our research shows that a sustained response to bacillus Calmette-Guérin in patients can lead to favorable outcomes, serving as a viable alternative to cystectomy for select cases.
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- José Daniel Subiela
- Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, Universidad de Alcala, Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Minimally Invasive Robotic Urology, Center of Excellence in Urology, Wrocław Medical University, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Minimally Invasive Robotic Urology, Center of Excellence in Urology, Wrocław Medical University, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, Universidad de Alcala, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario Rey Juan Carlos, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Móstoles, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario Rey Juan Carlos, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Móstoles, Madrid, Spain
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- Division of Experimental Oncology, Department of Urology, Urological Research Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Experimental Oncology, Department of Urology, Urological Research Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañon, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, Universidad de Alcala, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, Universidad de Alcala, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Fundaciò Puigvert, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Health Sciences, Opole University, Opole, Poland; University Clinical Hospital in Opole, Opole, Poland
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- S.H. Ho Urology Centre, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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- Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, Universidad de Alcala, Madrid, Spain
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- Medical University of Innsbruck, Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center Innsbruck (CCCI), Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Urology, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Department of Maternal-Infant and Urological Sciences, Policlinico Umberto I Hospital, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
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- Urology Unit, Department of Surgical Sciences, Tor Vergata University Hospital, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Urology, Department of Surgical Sciences Molinette Hospital University of Torino School of Medicine, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Urology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Medical University of Silesia, Zabrze, Poland
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Department of Urology, La Croix du Sud Hospital, Quint Fonsegrives, France
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- Department of Urology and Neurourology, Marien Hospital Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany
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- Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain; ROC Clinic, Madrid, Spain; Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario HM Sanchinarro, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Fundaciò Puigvert, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Minimally Invasive Robotic Urology, Center of Excellence in Urology, Wrocław Medical University, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, Universidad de Alcala, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, Universidad de Alcala, Madrid, Spain
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Vieira de Sousa T, Guedes de Pinho P, Pinto J. Metabolomic Signatures of Treatment Response in Bladder Cancer. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:17543. [PMID: 38139377 PMCID: PMC10743932 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242417543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2023] [Revised: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Bladder cancer (BC) stands as one of the most prevalent urological malignancies, with over 500 thousand newly diagnosed cases annually. Treatment decisions in BC depend on factors like the risk of recurrence, the type of tumor, and the stage of the disease. While standard therapeutic approaches encompass transurethral resection of the bladder tumor, radical cystectomy, and chemo- or immunotherapy, these methods exhibit limited efficacy in mitigating the aggressive and recurrent nature of bladder tumors. To overcome this challenge, it is crucial to develop innovative methods for monitoring and predicting treatment responses among patients with BC. Metabolomics is gaining recognition as a promising approach for discovering biomarkers. It has the potential to reveal metabolic disruptions that precisely reflect how BC patients respond to particular treatments, providing a revolutionary method to improve accuracy in monitoring and predicting outcomes. In this article, we present a comprehensive review of studies employing metabolomics approaches to investigate the metabolic responses associated with different treatment modalities for BC. The review encompasses an exploration of various models, samples, and analytical techniques applied in this context. Special emphasis is placed on the reported changes in metabolite levels derived from these studies, highlighting their potential as biomarkers for personalized medicine in BC.
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- Tiago Vieira de Sousa
- Associate Laboratory i4HB–Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, University of Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal;
- UCIBIO–Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, Laboratory of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Rua Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
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- Associate Laboratory i4HB–Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, University of Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal;
- UCIBIO–Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, Laboratory of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Rua Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
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- Associate Laboratory i4HB–Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, University of Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal;
- UCIBIO–Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, Laboratory of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Rua Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
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Ji J, Yao Y, Sun L, Yang Q, Zhang G. Development and validation of a preoperative nomogram to predict lymph node metastasis in patients with bladder urothelial carcinoma. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 2023; 149:10911-10923. [PMID: 37318590 PMCID: PMC10423104 DOI: 10.1007/s00432-023-04978-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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PURPOSE Predicting lymph node metastasis (LNM) in patients with bladder urothelial carcinoma (BUC) before radical cystectomy aids clinical decision making. Here, we aimed to develop and validate a nomogram to preoperatively predict LNM in BUC patients. METHODS Patients with histologically confirmed BUC, who underwent radical cystectomy and bilateral lymphadenectomy, were retrospectively recruited from two institutions. Patients from one institution were enrolled in the primary cohort, while those from the other were enrolled in the external validation cohort. Patient demographic, pathological (using transurethral resection of the bladder tumor specimens), imaging, and laboratory data were recorded. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to explore the independent preoperative risk factors and develop the nomogram. Internal and external validation was conducted to assess nomogram performance. RESULTS 522 and 215 BUC patients were enrolled in the primary and external validation cohorts, respectively. We identified tumor grade, infiltration, extravesical invasion, LNM on imaging, tumor size, and serum creatinine levels as independent preoperative risk factors, which were subsequently used to develop the nomogram. The nomogram showed a good predictive accuracy, with area under the receiver operator characteristic curve values of 0.817 and 0.825 for the primary and external validation cohorts, respectively. The corrected C-indexes, calibration curves (after 1000 bootstrap resampling), decision curve analysis results, and clinical impact curves demonstrated that the nomogram performed well in both cohorts and was highly clinically applicable. CONCLUSION We developed a nomogram to preoperatively predict LNM in BUC, which was highly accurate, reliable, and clinically applicable.
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- Junjie Ji
- Department of Urology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Urology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Urology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Urology, Qilu Hospital (Qingdao), Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Qingdao, China.
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- Department of Urology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
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Caglayan A, Horsanali MO. Can Peripheral Blood Systemic Immune Response Parameters Predict Oncological Outcomes in Patients with Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer? Niger J Clin Pract 2023; 26:591-598. [PMID: 37357475 DOI: 10.4103/njcp.njcp_399_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/27/2023]
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Background Many studies have investigated most cancer types - associations with systemic inflammatory response (SIR) parameters. Aim: This study investigated predictive values of SIR parameters in oncological outcomes and survival - to primary non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) patients. Materials and Methods We analyzed 74 primary NMIBC patients. Clinical features, laboratory results, and tumor characteristics were recorded. In addition, the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio (MLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), serum C-reactive protein, albumin-to-globulin ratio (AGR), and modified Glasgow prognostic scores (mGPS) were calculated. Results The - mean age of the patients was - 67.41 ± 11.31 years, and the follow-up duration was 38.77 ± 19.53 months. We - found no significant NLR, CRP, and AGR - correlations with tumor characteristics and oncological outcomes. There were significant - correlations between MLR and pathological-T-stage and the PLR, pathological-T-stage, and tumor count. Carcinoma in situ was associated with a high mGPS. Multivariate analysis revealed no significant - correlations between systemic inflammatory response parameters and oncological outcomes. Patients with a high mGPS had poor cancer-specific survival. Increased NLR was associated with reduced overall survival. Conclusions This study revealed no significant correlation between SIR parameters and oncological outcomes. Therefore, we need more reliable indicators than SIR parameters in NMIBC patients in clinical practice.
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- A Caglayan
- Department of Urology, Çigli Training and Research Hospital, Izmir Bakirçay University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Deparment of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir Bakırçay University, Izmir, Turkey
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RGD peptide modified platinum nanozyme Co-loaded glutathione-responsive prodrug nanoparticles for enhanced chemo-photodynamic bladder cancer therapy. Biomaterials 2023; 293:121975. [PMID: 36580720 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2022.121975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2022] [Revised: 11/21/2022] [Accepted: 12/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Bladder cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors in the urinary system worldwide. The poor permeability and uncontrollable release of drug and hypoxia of tumor tissues were the main reasons leading to poor therapeutic effect of chemo-photodynamic therapy for bladder cancer. To solve the above problems, a tumor-targeting peptide Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) modified platinum nanozyme (PtNP) co-loaded glutathione (GSH)-responsive prodrug nanoparticles (PTX-SS-HPPH/Pt@RGD-NP) was constructed. Firstly, a GSH-responsive prodrug (PTX-SS-HPPH) was prepared by introducing a disulfide bond between paclitaxel (PTX) and photosensitizer 2-(1-hexyloxyethyl)-2-devinyl pyropheophorbide-a (HPPH), which could realize the GSH-responsive release of the drug at the tumor sites. Also, the distearoylphosphoethanolamine-poly (ethylene glycol)-RGD peptide (DSPE-PEG-RGD) modified the prodrug to enhance the targeting and permeability ability to bladder cancer cells. Besides, to alleviate the hypoxia of tumor tissues, PtNP was introduced to produce oxygen (O2) and improve photodynamic therapy efficiency. The results showed that the PTX-SS-HPPH/Pt@RGD-NP could achieve GSH-responsive drug release in tumor microenvironment, enhance the drug accumulation time and permeability at tumor sites in T24 subcutaneous tumor model and T24 orthotopic bladder tumor model, and alleviate hypoxia in tumor tissues, thus realizing enhanced chemo-photodynamic therapy for bladder cancer, and providing new strategies and methods for clinical treatment of bladder cancer.
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Laukhtina E, Moschini M, Soria F, Andrea DD, Teoh JYC, Mori K, Albisinni S, Mari A, Krajewski W, Cimadamore A, Abufaraj M, Enikeev D, Neuzillet Y, Giannarini G, Xylinas E, Kamat AM, Roupret M, Babjuk M, Witjes JA, Shariat SF, Pradere B. Follow-up of the Urethra and Management of Urethral Recurrence After Radical Cystectomy: A Systematic Review and Proposal of Management Algorithm by the European Association of Urology-Young Academic Urologists: Urothelial Carcinoma Working Group. Eur Urol Focus 2022; 8:1635-1642. [PMID: 35337773 DOI: 10.1016/j.euf.2022.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2021] [Revised: 02/20/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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CONTEXT Surveillance of the urethra and management of urethral recurrence (UR) after radical cystectomy (RC) is an area with poor evidence. OBJECTIVE We aimed to summarize the available evidence and provide clinicians with practical recommendations on how to prevent and manage UR after RC for bladder cancer. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION The MEDLINE and EMBASE databases were searched during September 2021 for studies evaluating UR after RC. The primary endpoint was oncologic outcomes for patients who experienced UR depending on different surveillance and management approaches. EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS Forty-three studies were included in the quantitative synthesis. According to the currently available literature, a tight-knitted surveillance protocol should be implemented for males treated with RC and nonorthotopic neobladder diversion as well as patients with prostatic involvement, tumor multifocality, bladder neck involvement, and concomitant carcinoma in situ. A survival benefit of a prophylactic urethrectomy has been reported only in patients at very high risk for UR based on clinical factors. Surveillance protocols were highly heterogeneous and poorly documented among included studies. Patients whose UR was diagnosed based on clinical symptoms had a poor prognosis. Only limited data were available on the comparative effectiveness of watchful waiting after RC versus clinical symptom screening as part of a follow-up strategy. However, the use of regular cytology and/or urethroscopy seems useful in select patients at high risk for UR. Despite limited data on the optimal management of UR, urethra-sparing approaches (transurethral resection of UR) seem to be an option for Ta (only) recurrences; a salvage urethrectomy with or without chemotherapy should be the standard for all others. CONCLUSIONS Based on the currently available literature, we have proposed an algorithm to guide the decision-making process to help identify and treat UR after RC. Given the lack of evidence on how to deal with UR and surveil patients at risk for UR, this study may invigorate research in this area of unmet need. PATIENT SUMMARY Early diagnosis and tailored management of urethral recurrence could help improve oncologic outcomes in these patients.
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- Ekaterina Laukhtina
- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Urology and Division of Experimental Oncology, Urological Research Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Urology, Department of Surgical Sciences, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, University of Studies of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- S.H. Ho Urology Centre, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Department of Urology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Service d'Urologie, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Department of Urology, Careggi Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Urology, University Center of Excellence in Urology, Wrocław Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Section of Pathological Anatomy, Marche Polytechnic University, School of Medicine, United Hospitals, Ancona, Italy
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- Division of Urology, Department of Special Surgery, Jordan University Hospital, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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- Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Urology, Hôpital Foch, UVSQ-Paris-Saclay University, Suresnes, France
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- Urology Unit, University Hospital Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris University, Paris, France
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- Department of Urology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston, TX, USA
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- GRC n°5, Predictive Onco-Urology, Ap-Hp, Urology, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Department of Urology, Second Faculty of Medicine, Hospital Motol, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Urology, Radboud University, Nijmegen Heyendaal, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia; Division of Urology, Department of Special Surgery, Jordan University Hospital, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan; Karl Landsteiner Institute of Urology and Andrology, Vienna, Austria; Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA; Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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Neuzillet Y, Pradère B, Xylinas E, Allory Y, Audenet F, Loriot Y, Masson-Lecomte A, Roumiguié M, Seisen T, Traxer O, Leon P, Roupret M. French AFU Cancer Committee Guidelines - Update 2022-2024: Non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). Prog Urol 2022; 32:1102-1140. [PMID: 36400479 DOI: 10.1016/j.purol.2022.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To update the ccAFU recommendations for the management of bladder tumours that do not infiltrate the bladder muscle (NBMIC). METHODS A systematic review (Medline) of the literature from 2020 to 2022 was performed, taking account of the diagnosis, treatment options and surveillance of NMIBC, while evaluating the references with their levels of evidence. RESULTS The diagnosis of NMIBC (Ta, T1, CIS) is made after complete full-thickness tumour resection. The use of bladder fluorescence and the indication of a second look (4-6 weeks) help to improve the initial diagnosis. The EORTC score is used to assess the risk of recurrence and/or tumour progression. Through the stratification of patients in low, intermediate and high-risk categories, adjuvant treatment can be proposed: intravesical chemotherapy (immediate postoperative, initiation regimen) or BCG (initiation and maintenance regimen) instillations, or even the indication of cystectomy for BCG-resistant patients. CONCLUSION Updating the ccAFU recommendations should contribute to improving patient management, as well as the diagnosis and treatment of NMIBC.
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- Y Neuzillet
- Service d'Urologie, hôpital Foch, Université Paris Saclay, Suresnes, France.
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- Service d'Urologie UROSUD, Clinique Croix Du Sud, 31130 Quint-Fonsegrives, France
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- Service d'Urologie, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard AP-HP, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Service d'Anatomopathologie, Institut Curie, Université Paris Saclay, Saint-Cloud, France
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- Service d'Urologie, Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou AP-HP Centre, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Service d'Oncologie Médicale, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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- Service d'Urologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Service d'Urologie, CHU de Toulouse, UPS, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- Sorbonne Université, GRC 5 Predictive Onco-Uro, AP-HP, Urologie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpetrière, 75013 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, GRC#20 Lithiase Urinaire et EndoUrologie, AP-HP, Urologie, Hôpital Tenon, 75020 Paris, France
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- Service d'Urologie, clinique Pasteur, Royan, France
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- Sorbonne Université, GRC 5 Predictive Onco-Uro, AP-HP, Urologie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpetrière, 75013 Paris, France
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Flaig TW, Spiess PE, Abern M, Agarwal N, Bangs R, Boorjian SA, Buyyounouski MK, Chan K, Chang S, Friedlander T, Greenberg RE, Guru KA, Herr HW, Hoffman-Censits J, Kishan A, Kundu S, Lele SM, Mamtani R, Margulis V, Mian OY, Michalski J, Montgomery JS, Nandagopal L, Pagliaro LC, Parikh M, Patterson A, Plimack ER, Pohar KS, Preston MA, Richards K, Sexton WJ, Siefker-Radtke AO, Tollefson M, Tward J, Wright JL, Dwyer MA, Cassara CJ, Gurski LA. NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Bladder Cancer, Version 2.2022. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2022; 20:866-878. [PMID: 35948037 DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2022.0041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 52.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The NCCN Guidelines for Bladder Cancer provide recommendations for the diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, and follow-up of patients with bladder cancer and other urinary tract cancers (upper tract tumors, urothelial carcinoma of the prostate, primary carcinoma of the urethra). These NCCN Guidelines Insights summarize the panel discussion behind recent important updates to the guidelines regarding the treatment of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer, including how to treat in the event of a bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) shortage; new roles for immune checkpoint inhibitors in non-muscle invasive, muscle-invasive, and metastatic bladder cancer; and the addition of antibody-drug conjugates for metastatic bladder cancer.
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- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
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- Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania
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- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center/University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center and Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute
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- Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; and
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Clinical and biological markers for risk-stratification of T1 high-grade non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. Curr Opin Urol 2022; 32:517-522. [DOI: 10.1097/mou.0000000000001014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Sari Motlagh R, Rajwa P, Mori K, Laukhtina E, Aydh A, Katayama S, Yanagisawa T, König F, Grossmann NC, Pradere B, Mostafai H, Quhal F, Karakiewicz PI, Babjuk M, Shariat SF. Comparison of Clinicopathologic and Oncological Outcomes Between Transurethral En Bloc Resection and Conventional Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumor: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis and Network Meta-Analysis with Focus on Different Energy Sources. J Endourol 2021; 36:535-547. [PMID: 34693740 DOI: 10.1089/end.2021.0688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Introduction: It has been hypothesized that transurethral en bloc (TUEB) of bladder tumor offers benefits over conventional transurethral resection of bladder tumor (cTURBT). This study aimed to compare disease outcomes of TUEB and cTURBT with focus on the different energy sources. Methods: A systematic search was performed using PubMed and Web of Science databases in June 2021. Studies that compared the pathological (detrusor muscle presence), oncological (recurrence rates) efficacy, and safety (serious adverse events [SAEs]) of TUEB and cTURBT were included. Random- and fixed-effects meta-analytic models and Bayesian approach in the network meta-analysis was used. Results: Seven randomized clinical trials (RCTs) and seven non-RCTs (NRCT), with a total of 2092 patients. The pooled 3- and 12-month recurrence risk ratios (RR) of five and four NRCTs were 0.46 (95% CI 0.29-0.73) and 0.56 (95% CI 0.33-0.96), respectively. The pooled 3- and 12-month recurrence RRs of four and seven RCTs were 0.57 (95% CI 0.25-1.27) and 0.89 (95% CI 0.69-1.15), respectively. The pooled RR for SAEs such as prolonged hematuria and bladder perforation of seven RCTs was 0.16 (95% CI 0.06-0.41) in benefit of TUEB. Seven RCTs (n = 1077) met our eligibility criteria for network meta-analysis. There was no difference in 12-month recurrence rates between hybridknife, laser, and bipolar TUEB compared with cTURBT. Contrary, laser TUEB was significantly associated with lower SAEs compared with cTURBT. Surface under the cumulative ranking curve ranking analyses showed with high certainty that laser TUEB was the best treatment option to access all endpoints. Conclusion: While NRCTs suggested a recurrence-free benefit to TUEB compared with cTURBT, RCTs failed to confirm this. Conversely, SAEs were consistently and clinically significantly better for TUEB. Network meta-analyses suggested laser TUEB has the best performance compared with other energy sources. These early findings need to be confirmed and expanded upon.
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- Reza Sari Motlagh
- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.,Men's Health and Reproductive Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.,Department of Urology, Medical University of Silesia, Zabrze, Poland
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.,Department of Urology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.,Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.,Department of Urology, King Faisal Medical City, Abha, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.,Department of Urology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.,Department of Urology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.,Department of Urology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.,Department of Urology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.,Research Center for Evidence Based Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.,Department of Urology, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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- Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Center, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.,Department of Urology, Motol University Hospital, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University Praha, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.,Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia.,Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA.,Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas, USA.,Department of Urology, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.,Karl Landsteiner Institute of Urology and Andrology, Vienna, Austria
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Babjuk M, Burger M, Capoun O, Cohen D, Compérat EM, Dominguez Escrig JL, Gontero P, Liedberg F, Masson-Lecomte A, Mostafid AH, Palou J, van Rhijn BWG, Rouprêt M, Shariat SF, Seisen T, Soukup V, Sylvester RJ. European Association of Urology Guidelines on Non-muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer (Ta, T1, and Carcinoma in Situ). Eur Urol 2021; 81:75-94. [PMID: 34511303 DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2021.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 526] [Impact Index Per Article: 175.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 08/15/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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CONTEXT The European Association of Urology (EAU) has released an updated version of the guidelines on non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). OBJECTIVE To present the 2021 EAU guidelines on NMIBC. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION A broad and comprehensive scoping exercise covering all areas of the NMIBC guidelines since the 2020 version was performed. Databases covered by the search included Medline, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Libraries. Previous guidelines were updated, and the level of evidence and grade of recommendation were assigned. EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS Tumours staged as Ta, T1 and carcinoma in situ (CIS) are grouped under the heading of NMIBC. Diagnosis depends on cystoscopy and histological evaluation of tissue obtained via transurethral resection of the bladder (TURB) for papillary tumours or via multiple bladder biopsies for CIS. For papillary lesions, a complete TURB is essential for the patient's prognosis and correct diagnosis. In cases for which the initial resection is incomplete, there is no muscle in the specimen, or a T1 tumour is detected, a second TURB should be performed within 2-6 wk. The risk of progression may be estimated for individual patients using the 2021 EAU scoring model. On the basis of their individual risk of progression, patients are stratified as having low, intermediate, high, or very high risk, which is pivotal to recommending adjuvant treatment. For patients with tumours presumed to be at low risk and for small papillary recurrences detected more than 1 yr after a previous TURB, one immediate chemotherapy instillation is recommended. Patients with an intermediate-risk tumour should receive 1 yr of full-dose intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunotherapy or instillations of chemotherapy for a maximum of 1 yr. For patients with high-risk tumours, full-dose intravesical BCG for 1-3 yr is indicated. For patients at very high risk of tumour progression, immediate radical cystectomy should be considered. Cystectomy is also recommended for BCG-unresponsive tumours. The extended version of the guidelines is available on the EAU website at https://uroweb.org/guideline/non-muscle-invasive-bladder-cancer/. CONCLUSIONS These abridged EAU guidelines present updated information on the diagnosis and treatment of NMIBC for incorporation into clinical practice. PATIENT SUMMARY The European Association of Urology has released updated guidelines on the classification, risk factors, diagnosis, prognostic factors, and treatment of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. The recommendations are based on the literature up to 2020, with emphasis on the highest level of evidence. Classification of patients as having low, intermediate, or and high risk is essential in deciding on suitable treatment. Surgical removal of the bladder should be considered for tumours that do not respond to bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) treatment and tumours with the highest risk of progression.
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- Marko Babjuk
- Department of Urology, Teaching Hospital Motol and 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University Praha, Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria.
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- Department of Urology, Caritas St. Josef Medical Center, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Urology, General Teaching Hospital and 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University Praha, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Urology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Pathology, Tenon Hospital, AP-HP, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- Department of Urology, Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Torino School of Medicine, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden; Department of Urology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Urology, The Stokes Centre for Urology, Royal Surrey Hospital, Guildford, UK
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- Department of Urology, Fundacio Puigvert, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Caritas St. Josef Medical Center, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany; Department of Surgical Oncology (Urology), Netherlands Cancer Institute-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- GRC 5 Predictive Onco-Uro, Department of Urology, Sorbonne University, AP-HP, Pitié Salpétrière Hospital, Paris, France
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- Department of Urology, Teaching Hospital Motol and 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University Praha, Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- GRC 5 Predictive Onco-Uro, Department of Urology, Sorbonne University, AP-HP, Pitié Salpétrière Hospital, Paris, France
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- Department of Urology, General Teaching Hospital and 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University Praha, Prague, Czech Republic
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Rouprêt M, Pignot G, Masson-Lecomte A, Compérat E, Audenet F, Roumiguié M, Houédé N, Larré S, Brunelle S, Xylinas E, Neuzillet Y, Méjean A. [French ccAFU guidelines - update 2020-2022: bladder cancer]. Prog Urol 2021; 30:S78-S135. [PMID: 33349431 DOI: 10.1016/s1166-7087(20)30751-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE - To update French guidelines for the management of bladder cancer specifically non-muscle invasive (NMIBC) and muscle-invasive bladder cancers (MIBC). METHODS - A Medline search was achieved between 2018 and 2020, notably regarding diagnosis, options of treatment and follow-up of bladder cancer, to evaluate different references with levels of evidence. RESULTS - Diagnosis of NMIBC (Ta, T1, CIS) is based on a complete deep resection of the tumor. The use of fluorescence and a second-look indication are essential to improve initial diagnosis. Risks of both recurrence and progression can be estimated using the EORTC score. A stratification of patients into low, intermediate and high risk groups is pivotal for recommending adjuvant treatment: instillation of chemotherapy (immediate post-operative, standard schedule) or intravesical BCG (standard schedule and maintenance). Cystectomy is recommended in BCG-refractory patients. Extension evaluation of MIBC is based on contrast-enhanced pelvic-abdominal and thoracic CT-scan. Multiparametric MRI can be an alternative. Cystectomy associated with extended lymph nodes dissection is considered the gold standard for non-metastatic MIBC. It should be preceded by cisplatin-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy in eligible patients. An orthotopic bladder substitution should be proposed to both male and female patients with no contraindication and in cases of negative frozen urethral samples; otherwise transileal ureterostomy is recommended as urinary diversion. All patients should be included in an Early Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocol. For metastatic MIBC, first-line chemotherapy using platin is recommended (GC or MVAC), when performans status (PS <1) and renal function (creatinine clearance >60 mL/min) allow it (only in 50% of cases). In second line treatment, immunotherapy with pembrolizumab demonstrated a significant improvement in overall survival. CONCLUSION - These updated French guidelines will contribute to increase the level of urological care for the diagnosis and treatment of patients diagnosed with NMIBC and MIBC.
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- M Rouprêt
- Comité de cancérologie de l'Association française d'urologie, groupe vessie, Maison de l'urologie, 11, rue Viète, 75017 Paris, France; Sorbonne Université, GRC n° 5, Predictive onco-uro, AP-HP, hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France.
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- Comité de cancérologie de l'Association française d'urologie, groupe vessie, Maison de l'urologie, 11, rue Viète, 75017 Paris, France; Service d'urologie, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, 232, boulevard de Sainte-Marguerite, 13009 Marseille, France
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- Comité de cancérologie de l'Association française d'urologie, groupe vessie, Maison de l'urologie, 11, rue Viète, 75017 Paris, France; Service d'urologie, hôpital Saint-Louis, Université Paris-Diderot, 10, avenue de Verdun, 75010 Paris, France
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- Comité de cancérologie de l'Association française d'urologie, groupe vessie, Maison de l'urologie, 11, rue Viète, 75017 Paris, France; Service d'anatomie pathologique, hôpital Tenon, HUEP, Sorbonne Université, GRC n° 5, ONCOTYPE-URO, 4, rue de la Chine, 75020 Paris, France
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- Comité de cancérologie de l'Association française d'urologie, groupe vessie, Maison de l'urologie, 11, rue Viète, 75017 Paris, France; Service d'urologie, hôpital Foch, Université de Versailles - Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, 40, rue Worth, 92150 Suresnes, France
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- Comité de cancérologie de l'Association française d'urologie, groupe vessie, Maison de l'urologie, 11, rue Viète, 75017 Paris, France; Département d'urologie, CHU Rangueil, 1, avenue du Professeur-Jean-Poulhès, 31400 Toulouse, France
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- Comité de cancérologie de l'Association française d'urologie, groupe vessie, Maison de l'urologie, 11, rue Viète, 75017 Paris, France; Département d'oncologie médicale, CHU Carémeau, Université de Montpellier, rue du Professeur-Robert-Debré, 30900 Nîmes, France
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- Comité de cancérologie de l'Association française d'urologie, groupe vessie, Maison de l'urologie, 11, rue Viète, 75017 Paris, France; Service d'urologie, CHU de Reims, rue du Général Koenig, 51100 Reims, France
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- Comité de cancérologie de l'Association française d'urologie, groupe vessie, Maison de l'urologie, 11, rue Viète, 75017 Paris, France; Service de radiologie, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, 232, boulevard de Sainte-Marguerite, 13009 Marseille, France
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- Comité de cancérologie de l'Association française d'urologie, groupe vessie, Maison de l'urologie, 11, rue Viète, 75017 Paris, France; Service d'urologie, hôpital Bichat-Claude-Bernard, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Descartes, 46, rue Henri-Huchard, 75018 Paris, France
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- Comité de cancérologie de l'Association française d'urologie, groupe vessie, Maison de l'urologie, 11, rue Viète, 75017 Paris, France; Service d'urologie, CHU de Reims, rue du Général Koenig, 51100 Reims, France
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- Comité de cancérologie de l'Association française d'urologie, groupe vessie, Maison de l'urologie, 11, rue Viète, 75017 Paris, France; Service d'urologie, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, AP-HP, Université de Paris, 20, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France
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Yang L, Yin W, Liu X, Li F, Ma L, Wang D, Li H. Identification of a five-gene signature in association with overall survival for hepatocellular carcinoma. PeerJ 2021; 9:e11273. [PMID: 33986994 PMCID: PMC8088210 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2020] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Background Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is considered to be a malignant tumor with a high incidence and a high mortality. Accurate prognostic models are urgently needed. The present study was aimed at screening the critical genes for prognosis of HCC. Methods The GSE25097, GSE14520, GSE36376 and GSE76427 datasets were obtained from Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO). We used GEO2R to screen differentially expressed genes (DEGs). A protein-protein interaction network of the DEGs was constructed by Cytoscape in order to find hub genes by module analysis. The Metascape was performed to discover biological functions and pathway enrichment of DEGs. MCODE components were calculated to construct a module complex of DEGs. Then, gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) was used for gene enrichment analysis. ONCOMINE was employed to assess the mRNA expression levels of key genes in HCC, and the survival analysis was conducted using the array from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) of HCC. Then, the LASSO Cox regression model was performed to establish and identify the prognostic gene signature. We validated the prognostic value of the gene signature in the TCGA cohort. Results We screened out 10 hub genes which were all up-regulated in HCC tissue. They mainly enrich in mitotic cell cycle process. The GSEA results showed that these data sets had good enrichment score and significance in the cell cycle pathway. Each candidate gene may be an indicator of prognostic factors in the development of HCC. However, hub genes expression was weekly associated with overall survival in HCC patients. LASSO Cox regression analysis validated a five-gene signature (including CDC20, CCNB2, NCAPG, ASPM and NUSAP1). These results suggest that five-gene signature model may provide clues for clinical prognostic biomarker of HCC.
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- Lei Yang
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, Shandong, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, Shandong, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, Shandong, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, Shandong, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, Shandong, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, Shandong, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, Shandong, China
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Sylvester RJ, Rodríguez O, Hernández V, Turturica D, Bauerová L, Bruins HM, Bründl J, van der Kwast TH, Brisuda A, Rubio-Briones J, Seles M, Hentschel AE, Kusuma VRM, Huebner N, Cotte J, Mertens LS, Volanis D, Cussenot O, Subiela Henríquez JD, de la Peña E, Pisano F, Pešl M, van der Heijden AG, Herdegen S, Zlotta AR, Hacek J, Calatrava A, Mannweiler S, Bosschieter J, Ashabere D, Haitel A, Côté JF, El Sheikh S, Lunelli L, Algaba F, Alemany I, Soria F, Runneboom W, Breyer J, Nieuwenhuijzen JA, Llorente C, Molinaro L, Hulsbergen-van de Kaa CA, Evert M, Kiemeney LALM, N'Dow J, Plass K, Čapoun O, Soukup V, Dominguez-Escrig JL, Cohen D, Palou J, Gontero P, Burger M, Zigeuner R, Mostafid AH, Shariat SF, Rouprêt M, Compérat EM, Babjuk M, van Rhijn BWG. European Association of Urology (EAU) Prognostic Factor Risk Groups for Non-muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer (NMIBC) Incorporating the WHO 2004/2016 and WHO 1973 Classification Systems for Grade: An Update from the EAU NMIBC Guidelines Panel. Eur Urol 2021; 79:480-488. [PMID: 33419683 DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2020.12.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 188] [Impact Index Per Article: 62.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 12/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND The European Association of Urology (EAU) prognostic factor risk groups for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) are used to provide recommendations for patient treatment after transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT). They do not, however, take into account the widely used World Health Organization (WHO) 2004/2016 grading classification and are based on patients treated in the 1980s. OBJECTIVE To update EAU prognostic factor risk groups using the WHO 1973 and 2004/2016 grading classifications and identify patients with the lowest and highest probabilities of progression. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Individual patient data for primary NMIBC patients were collected from the institutions of the members of the EAU NMIBC guidelines panel. INTERVENTION Patients underwent TURBT followed by intravesical instillations at the physician's discretion. OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS Multivariable Cox proportional-hazards regression models were fitted to the primary endpoint, the time to progression to muscle-invasive disease or distant metastases. Patients were divided into four risk groups: low-, intermediate-, high-, and a new, very high-risk group. The probabilities of progression were estimated using Kaplan-Meier curves. RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS A total of 3401 patients treated with TURBT ± intravesical chemotherapy were included. From the multivariable analyses, tumor stage, WHO 1973/2004-2016 grade, concomitant carcinoma in situ, number of tumors, tumor size, and age were used to form four risk groups for which the probability of progression at 5 yr varied from <1% to >40%. Limitations include the retrospective collection of data and the lack of central pathology review. CONCLUSIONS This study provides updated EAU prognostic factor risk groups that can be used to inform patient treatment and follow-up. Incorporating the WHO 2004/2016 and 1973 grading classifications, a new, very high-risk group has been identified for which urologists should be prompt to assess and adapt their therapeutic strategy when necessary. PATIENT SUMMARY The newly updated European Association of Urology prognostic factor risk groups for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer provide an improved basis for recommending a patient's treatment and follow-up schedule.
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- Richard J Sylvester
- European Association of Urology Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Guidelines Panel, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Urology, Fundacio Puigvert, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- European Association of Urology Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Guidelines Panel, Arnhem, The Netherlands; Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Torino School of Medicine, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, General Teaching Hospital and 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University Praha, Prague, Czech Republic
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- European Association of Urology Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Guidelines Panel, Arnhem, The Netherlands; Department of Urology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Caritas St. Josef Medical Center, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Laboratory Medicine Program, University Health Network, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Urology, Teaching Hospital Motol and 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University Praha, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Urology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Urology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Surgical Oncology (Urology), Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, The Stokes Centre for Urology, Royal Surrey Hospital, Guildford, UK
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Urology, Pitié Salpétrière Hospital, AP-HP, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- Department of Surgical Oncology (Urology), Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Urology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Fundacio Puigvert, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Department of Urology, Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Torino School of Medicine, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Urology, General Teaching Hospital and 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University Praha, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Urology, Caritas St. Josef Medical Center, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Surgical Oncology (Urology), University Health Network, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, Teaching Hospital Motol and 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University Praha, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pathology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, The Stokes Centre for Urology, Royal Surrey Hospital, Guildford, UK
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- Department of Pathology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pathology, Pitié Salpétrière Hospital, AP-HP, Pierre et Marie Curie Medical School, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- Department of Pathology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Urology, Tenon Hospital, AP-HP, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- Department of Pathology, Fundacio Puigvert, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Torino School of Medicine, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Caritas St. Josef Medical Center, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Urology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Torino School of Medicine, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, Caritas St. Josef Medical Center, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- European Association of Urology Guidelines Office, Arnhem, The Netherlands
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- European Association of Urology Guidelines Office, Arnhem, The Netherlands
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- European Association of Urology Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Guidelines Panel, Arnhem, The Netherlands; Department of Urology, General Teaching Hospital and 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University Praha, Prague, Czech Republic
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- European Association of Urology Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Guidelines Panel, Arnhem, The Netherlands; Department of Urology, General Teaching Hospital and 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University Praha, Prague, Czech Republic
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- European Association of Urology Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Guidelines Panel, Arnhem, The Netherlands; Department of Urology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain
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- European Association of Urology Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Guidelines Panel, Arnhem, The Netherlands; Department of Urology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
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- European Association of Urology Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Guidelines Panel, Arnhem, The Netherlands; Department of Urology, Fundacio Puigvert, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- European Association of Urology Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Guidelines Panel, Arnhem, The Netherlands; Department of Urology, Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Torino School of Medicine, Torino, Italy
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- European Association of Urology Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Guidelines Panel, Arnhem, The Netherlands; Department of Urology, Caritas St. Josef Medical Center, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- European Association of Urology Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Guidelines Panel, Arnhem, The Netherlands; Department of Urology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- European Association of Urology Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Guidelines Panel, Arnhem, The Netherlands; Department of Urology, The Stokes Centre for Urology, Royal Surrey Hospital, Guildford, UK
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- European Association of Urology Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Guidelines Panel, Arnhem, The Netherlands; Department of Urology, Teaching Hospital Motol and 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University Praha, Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- European Association of Urology Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Guidelines Panel, Arnhem, The Netherlands; Department of Urology, Pitié Salpétrière Hospital, AP-HP, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- European Association of Urology Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Guidelines Panel, Arnhem, The Netherlands; Department of Pathology, Tenon Hospital, AP-HP, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- European Association of Urology Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Guidelines Panel, Arnhem, The Netherlands; Department of Urology, Teaching Hospital Motol and 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University Praha, Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- European Association of Urology Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Guidelines Panel, Arnhem, The Netherlands; Department of Surgical Oncology (Urology), University Health Network, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Laukhtina E, Abufaraj M, Al-Ani A, Ali MR, Mori K, Moschini M, Quhal F, Sari Motlagh R, Pradere B, Schuettfort VM, Mostafaei H, Katayama S, Grossmann NC, Fajkovic H, Soria F, Enikeev D, Shariat SF. Intravesical Therapy in Patients with Intermediate-risk Non-muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis of Disease Recurrence. Eur Urol Focus 2021; 8:447-456. [PMID: 33762203 DOI: 10.1016/j.euf.2021.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2021] [Revised: 02/11/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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CONTEXT Patients with intermediate-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) may pose a clinical dilemma without an agreed evidence-based decision tree for personalized treatment. OBJECTIVE To perform a systematic review and network meta-analysis (NMA) to summarize available evidence on the oncologic outcomes of intravesical therapy in patients with intermediate-risk NMIBC. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION The MEDLINE, EMBASE, and ClinicalTrials.gov databases were searched in October 2020 according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses statement. Studies were deemed eligible if they reported on oncologic outcomes in patients with intermediate-risk NMIBC treated with transurethral resection of bladder tumor with and without intravesical chemotherapy or bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunotherapy. EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS Twelve studies were included in a qualitative synthesis (systematic review); three were deemed eligible for a quantitative synthesis (NMA). An NMA of five different regimens was conducted for the association of treatment with the 5-yr recurrence risk. Chemotherapy with maintenance was associated with a lower likelihood of 5-yr recurrence than chemotherapy without maintenance (odds ratio [OR] 0.51, 95% credible interval [CI] 0.26-1.03). Immunotherapy, regardless of whether a full- or reduced-dose regimen, was not associated with a significantly lower likelihood of 5-yr recurrence when compared with chemotherapy without maintenance (OR 0.90, 95% CI 0.39-2.11 vs OR 0.93, 95% CI 0.40-2.19). Analysis of the treatment ranking revealed that chemotherapy with maintenance had the lowest 5-yr recurrence risk (P score 0.9666). CONCLUSIONS Our analysis indicates that chemotherapy with a maintenance regimen confers a superior oncologic benefit in terms of 5-yr recurrence risk compared to chemotherapy without maintenance in patients with intermediate-risk NMIBC. Regardless of the dose regimen, immunotherapy with BCG does not appear to be superior to chemotherapy in patients with intermediate-risk NMIBC in term of disease recurrence. However, owing to the lack of comparative studies, there is an unmet need for well-designed, large-scale trials to validate our findings and generate robust evidence on disease recurrence and progression. PATIENT SUMMARY A maintenance schedule of chemotherapy reduces the rate of long-term recurrence of bladder cancer that has not invaded the bladder muscle. Chemotherapy inserted directly into the bladder and immunotherapy without maintenance schedules seem to have limited benefit in preventing cancer recurrence.
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- Ekaterina Laukhtina
- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Division of Urology, Department of Special Surgery, Jordan University Hospital, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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- Division of Urology, Department of Special Surgery, Jordan University Hospital, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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- Division of Urology, Department of Special Surgery, Jordan University Hospital, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Department of Urology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Department of Urology, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Lucerne, Switzerland; Department of Urology and Division of Experimental Oncology, Urological Research Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Department of Urology, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Men's Health and Reproductive Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Department of Urology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Research Center for Evidence Based Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Department of Urology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Department of Urology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Karl Landsteiner Institute of Urology and Andrology, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Urology, Department of Surgical Sciences, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, University of Studies of Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia; Division of Urology, Department of Special Surgery, Jordan University Hospital, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan; Karl Landsteiner Institute of Urology and Andrology, Vienna, Austria; Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA; Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA; Department of Urology, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Sanguedolce F, Calò B, Mancini V, Zanelli M, Palicelli A, Zizzo M, Ascani S, Carrieri G, Cormio L. Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer with Variant Histology: Biological Features and Clinical Implications. Oncology 2021; 99:345-358. [PMID: 33735905 DOI: 10.1159/000514759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND The most common bladder cancer (BC) histotype is pure urothelial carcinoma (UC), which may undergo divergent differentiation in some cases. Variant histology (VH) presents along variable morphologies, either single or combined between them or with pure UC. From a clinical standpoint, the vast majority of BC is diagnosed at non-invasive or minimally invasive stages, namely as non-muscle invasive BC (NMIBC). There is a wide range of therapeutic options for patients with NMIBC, according to their clinical and pathological features. However, current risk stratification models do not show optimal effectiveness. Evidence from the literature suggests that VH has peculiar biological features, and may be associated with poorer survival outcomes compared to pure UC. SUMMARY In order to describe the biological features and prognostic/predictive role of VH in NMIBC, and to discuss current treatment options, we performed a systematic literature search through multiple databases (PubMed/Medline, Google Scholar) for relevant articles according to the following terms, single and/or in combination: "non-muscle invasive bladder cancer," "variant histology," "micropapillary variant," "glandular differentiation," "squamous differentiation," "nested variant," "plasmacytoid variant," and "sarcomatoid variant." We extracted 99 studies including original articles, reviews, and systematic reviews, and subsequently analyzed data from 16 studies reporting on the outcome of NMIBC with VH. We found that the relative rarity of these forms as well as the heterogeneity in study populations and therapeutic protocols results in conflicting findings overall. Key Messages: The presence of VH should be taken into account when counseling a patient with NMIBC, since it may upgrade the disease to high-risk tumor and thus warrant a more aggressive treatment.
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- Urology Unit, University of Foggia, Bonomo Teaching Hospital, Foggia, Italy
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- Urology and Renal Transplantation Unit, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Surgical Oncology Unit, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy.,Clinical and Experimental Medicine PhD Program, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera S. Maria di Terni, University of Perugia, Terni, Italy
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- Urology and Renal Transplantation Unit, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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- Urology Unit, University of Foggia, Bonomo Teaching Hospital, Foggia, Italy
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Yang Y, Liu C, Yan X, Li J, Yang X. En Bloc Tumor Resection, Optical Molecular Imaging, and the Potential Synergy of the Combination of the Two Techniques in Bladder Cancer. Front Oncol 2021; 11:638083. [PMID: 33796465 PMCID: PMC8008058 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.638083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2020] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Although transurethral resection of bladder tumor is the golden standard for the treatment of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer, this surgical procedure still has some serious drawbacks. For example, piecemeal resection of tumor tissue results in exfoliated tumor cells dissemination and implantation, and fragmented tumor specimens make it difficult for pathologists to accurately assess the pathological stage and histologic grade. En bloc tumor resection follows the basic principle of oncological surgery and provides an intact tumor specimen containing detrusor muscle for pathologists to make accurate histopathological assessment. However, there is no robust clinical evidence that en bloc tumor resection is superior to conventional resection in terms of oncological outcomes. Considering the high recurrence rate, small or occult tumor lesions may be overlooked and incomplete tumor resection may occur during white light cystoscopy-assisted transurethral resection. Molecular fluorescent tracers have the ability to bind tumor cells with high sensitivity and specificity. Optical molecular imaging mediated by it can detect small or occult malignant lesions while minimizing the occurrence of false-positive results. Meanwhile, optical molecular imaging can provide dynamic and real-time image guidance in the surgical procedure, which helps urologists to accurately determine the boundary and depth of tumor invasion, so as to perform complete and high-quality transurethral tumor resection. Integrating the advantages of these two technologies, optical molecular imaging-assisted en bloc tumor resection shows the potential to improve the positive detection rate of small or occult tumor lesions and the quality of transurethral resection, resulting in high recurrence-free and progression-free survival rates.
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- Yongjun Yang
- First Clinical Medical College, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- First Clinical Medical College, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- First Clinical Medical College, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- First Clinical Medical College, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- First Clinical Medical College, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
- Department of Urology, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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D'Andrea D, Soria F, Grotenhuis AJ, Cha EK, Malats N, Di Stasi S, Joniau S, Cai T, van Rhijn BWG, Irani J, Karnes J, Varkarakis J, Baniel J, Palou J, Babjuk M, Spahn M, Ardelt P, Colombo R, Serretta V, Dalbagni G, Gontero P, Bartoletti R, Larré S, Malmstrom PU, Sylvester R, Shariat SF. Association of patients' sex with treatment outcomes after intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin immunotherapy for T1G3/HG bladder cancer. World J Urol 2021; 39:3337-3344. [PMID: 33713162 PMCID: PMC8510956 DOI: 10.1007/s00345-021-03653-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2020] [Accepted: 02/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Purpose To investigate the association of patients’ sex with recurrence and disease progression in patients treated with intravesical bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) for T1G3/HG urinary bladder cancer (UBC). Materials and methods We analyzed the data of 2635 patients treated with adjuvant intravesical BCG for T1 UBC between 1984 and 2019. We accounted for missing data using multiple imputations and adjusted for covariate imbalance between males and females using inverse probability weighting (IPW). Crude and IPW-adjusted Cox regression analyses were used to estimate the hazard ratios (HR) with their 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the association of patients’ sex with HG-recurrence and disease progression. Results A total of 2170 (82%) males and 465 (18%) females were available for analysis. Overall, 1090 (50%) males and 244 (52%) females experienced recurrence, and 391 (18%) males and 104 (22%) females experienced disease progression. On IPW-adjusted Cox regression analyses, female sex was associated with disease progression (HR 1.25, 95%CI 1.01–1.56, p = 0.04) but not with recurrence (HR 1.06, 95%CI 0.92–1.22, p = 0.41). A total of 1056 patients were treated with adequate BCG. In these patients, on IPW-adjusted Cox regression analyses, patients’ sex was not associated with recurrence (HR 0.99, 95%CI 0.80–1.24, p = 0.96), HG-recurrence (HR 1.00, 95%CI 0.78–1.29, p = 0.99) or disease progression (HR 1.12, 95%CI 0.78–1.60, p = 0.55). Conclusion Our analysis generates the hypothesis of a differential response to BCG between males and females if not adequately treated. Further studies should focus on sex-based differences in innate and adaptive immune system and their association with BCG response. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00345-021-03653-1.
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- David D'Andrea
- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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- Division of Urology, University of the Studies of Turin, AOU Città Della Salute e Della Scienza di Torino, Presidio Molinette, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Weill Medical College of Cornell, University, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Urology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Group, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Policlinico Tor Vergata-University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Oncologic and Reconstructive Urology, Department of Urology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Urology, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy
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- Department of Surgical Oncology (Urology), Netherlands Cancer Institute-Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire La Milétrie, University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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- Department of Urology, Sismanoglio Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Urology, Rabin Medical Centre, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Urology, Fundacio Puigvert, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Motol Hospital, University of Praha, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Urology, University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Wuertzburg, Germany
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- Department of Urology, Universitätsklinik Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Departement of Urology, Università Vita Salute, Ospedale S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Surgical, Oncological and Stomatological Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Urology, University of the Studies of Turin, AOU Città Della Salute e Della Scienza di Torino, Presidio Molinette, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Translational Research and New Technologies, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Academic Hospital, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- European Association of Urology Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer Guidelines Panel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Department of Urology, Weill Medical College of Cornell, University, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Urology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Urology, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
- Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
- Department of Urology, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
- European Association of Urology Research Foundation, Arnhem, The Netherlands
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Di Maida F, Scalici Gesolfo C, Tellini R, Mari A, Sanfilippo C, Lambertini L, Grosso AA, Carini M, Minervini A, Serretta V. Fibronectin urothelial gene expression as a new reliable biomarker for early detection of local toxicity secondary to adjuvant intravesical therapy for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. Ther Adv Urol 2021; 13:1756287221995683. [PMID: 33717214 PMCID: PMC7923969 DOI: 10.1177/1756287221995683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2020] [Accepted: 01/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background: A marker of urothelial damage could be helpful for early detection and monitoring of local toxicity due to intravesical therapy for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). The aim of the study was to investigate the correlation between fibronectin (FN) gene expression in bladder washings and local toxicity secondary to adjuvant intravesical therapy. Materials and methods: Patients undergoing adjuvant intravesical therapy for NMIBC and age-matched healthy patients were enrolled. Real time polymerase chain reaction was performed to analyze FN expression in bladder washings. Local toxicity was classified as: 0–1 mild (no medical therapy), 2 moderate (medical therapy and/or instillation postponed), 3 severe (discontinuation of therapy). Results: Seventy-two patients and 21 controls entered the study. A useful pellet was obtained in 58 patients and 18 controls. Intravesical Bacillus Calmette–Guerin (BCG), Epirubicin and Mitomycin C was offered to 69%, 13.8% and 17.2% of patients respectively. Compared with healthy controls (FN = 1.0 fold), overall median FN expression before adjuvant intravesical therapy was 1.73 fold [interquartile range (IQR) 0.8–2.3], while during therapy median FN expression increased to 3.41 (IQR: 1.6–6.1) fold. Considering 40 intermediate and high-risk patients undergoing intravesical BCG, median FN expression before adjuvant treatment was 1.92 [(IQR: 1.0–2.7) fold, increasing up to 4.1 (IQR: 1.9–6.6) during therapy. In more detail, FN increased during BCG therapy, showing a median expression of 4.22 (IQR: 2.2–5.5) and 6.16 (IQR: 2.6–8.7) fold in presence of grade 2 and 3 toxicity respectively, while remaining more or less stable in asymptomatic patients. After receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, FN value of 3.6 fold resulted, corresponding to 75% sensitivity and 69% specificity to predict grade 2–3 toxicity events (area under the curve 0.74, 95% confidence interval 0.63–0.85, p = 0.001). Conclusion: Our study validated the correlation between FN expression and urothelial damage. BCG seems to induce a urothelial activation with FN overexpression during adjuvant intravesical therapy. Grade of toxicity was related to FN expression.
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- Fabrizio Di Maida
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence - Unit of Oncologic Minimally-Invasive Urology and Andrology, Careggi Hospital, Largo Brambilla 3, San Luca Nuovo, Firenze 50134, Italy
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- Department of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Sciences, Section of Urology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Sicilia, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence - Unit of Oncologic Minimally-Invasive Urology and Andrology, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence - Unit of Oncologic Minimally-Invasive Urology and Andrology, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence - Unit of Oncologic Minimally-Invasive Urology and Andrology, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence - Unit of Oncologic Minimally-Invasive Urology and Andrology, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence - Unit of Oncologic Minimally-Invasive Urology and Andrology, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence - Unit of Oncologic Minimally-Invasive Urology and Andrology, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Sciences, Section of Urology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Sicilia, Italy
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Yoneda K, Kamiya N, Utsumi T, Wakai K, Oka R, Endo T, Yano M, Hiruta N, Ichikawa T, Suzuki H. Impact of Lymphovascular Invasion on Prognosis in the Patients with Bladder Cancer-Comparison of Transurethral Resection and Radical Cystectomy. Diagnostics (Basel) 2021; 11:diagnostics11020244. [PMID: 33557407 PMCID: PMC7915441 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics11020244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2020] [Revised: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 02/02/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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(1) Background: This study aimed to evaluate the associations of lymphovascular invasion (LVI) at first transurethral resection of bladder (TURBT) and radical cystectomy (RC) with survival outcomes, and to evaluate the concordance between LVI at first TURBT and RC. (2) Methods: We analyzed 216 patients who underwent first TURBT and 64 patients who underwent RC at Toho University Sakura Medical Center. (3) Results: LVI was identified in 22.7% of patients who underwent first TURBT, and in 32.8% of patients who underwent RC. Univariate analysis identified ≥cT3, metastasis and LVI at first TURBT as factors significantly associated with overall survival (OS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS). Multivariate analysis identified metastasis (hazard ratio (HR) 6.560, p = 0.009) and LVI at first TURBT (HR 9.205, p = 0.003) as significant predictors of CSS. On the other hand, in patients who underwent RC, ≥pT3, presence of G3 and LVI was significantly associated with OS and CSS in univariate analysis. Multivariate analysis identified inclusion of G3 as a significant predictor of OS and CSS. The concordance rate between LVI at first TURBT and RC was 48.0%. Patients with positive results for LVI at first TURBT and RC displayed poorer prognosis than other patients (p < 0.05). (4) Conclusions: We found that the combination of LVI at first TURBT and RC was likely to provide a more significant prognostic factor.
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- Kei Yoneda
- Department of Urology, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, 564-1 Shimoshizu, Sakura-shi, Chiba 285-8741, Japan; (K.Y.); (T.U.); (R.O.); (T.E.); (M.Y.); (H.S.)
- Department of Urology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba-city, Chiba 260-8687, Japan; (K.W.); (T.I.)
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- Department of Urology, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, 564-1 Shimoshizu, Sakura-shi, Chiba 285-8741, Japan; (K.Y.); (T.U.); (R.O.); (T.E.); (M.Y.); (H.S.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-43-462-8811
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- Department of Urology, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, 564-1 Shimoshizu, Sakura-shi, Chiba 285-8741, Japan; (K.Y.); (T.U.); (R.O.); (T.E.); (M.Y.); (H.S.)
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- Department of Urology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba-city, Chiba 260-8687, Japan; (K.W.); (T.I.)
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- Department of Urology, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, 564-1 Shimoshizu, Sakura-shi, Chiba 285-8741, Japan; (K.Y.); (T.U.); (R.O.); (T.E.); (M.Y.); (H.S.)
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- Department of Urology, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, 564-1 Shimoshizu, Sakura-shi, Chiba 285-8741, Japan; (K.Y.); (T.U.); (R.O.); (T.E.); (M.Y.); (H.S.)
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- Department of Urology, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, 564-1 Shimoshizu, Sakura-shi, Chiba 285-8741, Japan; (K.Y.); (T.U.); (R.O.); (T.E.); (M.Y.); (H.S.)
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- Department of Surgical Pathology, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, 564-1 Shimoshizu, Sakura-shi, Chiba 285-8741, Japan;
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- Department of Urology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba-city, Chiba 260-8687, Japan; (K.W.); (T.I.)
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- Department of Urology, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, 564-1 Shimoshizu, Sakura-shi, Chiba 285-8741, Japan; (K.Y.); (T.U.); (R.O.); (T.E.); (M.Y.); (H.S.)
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Prognostic value of albumin to globulin ratio in non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. World J Urol 2021; 39:3345-3352. [PMID: 33496841 PMCID: PMC8510920 DOI: 10.1007/s00345-020-03586-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Purpose To investigate the prognostic value of preoperative serum albumin to globulin ratio (AGR) in patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) treated with transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURB) with or without intravesical therapy (IVT). Materials and methods We retrospectively reviewed 1,096 consecutive patients with NMIBC. Levels of albumin and globulin were obtained before TURB and used to calculate the preoperative AGR level. Multivariable Cox regression analyses were performed to assess the prognostic effect of preoperative AGR on oncologic outcomes. Subgroup analyses were performed in patients based on the European Association of Urology (EAU) risk groups for NMIBC. Results Low AGR levels were observed in 389 (35.5%) patients. The median follow-up was 63.7 months (IQR 25.3–111). On multivariable Cox regression analysis, low AGR was associated with increased risk of progression to muscle-invasive BCa (MIBC) (HR 1.81, 95% CI 1.22–2.68, P = 0.003). The addition of AGR only minimally improved the discrimination ability of a base model that included established clinicopathologic features (C-index = 0.7354 vs. C-index = 0.7162). Low preoperative AGR was not significantly associated with the risk of disease recurrence (P = 0.31). In subgroup analyses based on patients’ EAU risk groups, low preoperative AGR was not associated with recurrence-free survival (RFS) (P = 0.59) or progression-free survival (PFS) (P = 0.22) in any of the risk groups. Additionally, in patients treated with Bacillus Calmette–Guerin (BCG) for intermediate- or high-risk NMIBC, low AGR failed to predict disease recurrence or progression. Conclusion Preoperative serum AGR levels independently predicted the risk of disease progression in patients with NMIBC. However, it was not found to be associated with either RFS or PFS in NMIBC patients based on their EAU risk group. This marker seems to have a limited role in NMIBC at the present time. However, further research is needed to investigate this marker in combination with other systemic inflammatory markers to help improve prediction in this heterogeneous group of patients. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00345-020-03586-1.
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Transurethral resection of bladder tumor and the need for re-transurethral resection of bladder tumor: time to change our practice? Curr Opin Urol 2020; 30:370-376. [PMID: 32205809 DOI: 10.1097/mou.0000000000000751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW To summarize the current knowledge on the role of repeated transurethral resection of the bladder (re-TURBT) at the light of recently published trials that indicate the possibility to safely avoid it in well selected patients. RECENT FINDINGS Recently published trials tried to predict the histology of re-TURBT with the aim of improving patients' selection for this procedure. The en bloc resection technique seems to improve the quality of the resection, thereby diminishing and even eliminating the risk of upstaging and the residual disease rate after TURBT. Moreover, the introduction of multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) in bladder cancer showed initial promising results and aims, in the next future, to play a role in the selection of patients for re-TURBT. SUMMARY International guidelines agree to recommend re-TURBT in case of incomplete first resection and in T1 tumors. Conversely, the performance of re-TURBT in case of high-grade/high-risk Ta or in case of absence of detrusor muscle in TURBT specimen remains a matter of debate. Re-TURBT aims to reduce the risk of understaging the disease and to remove residual disease in case of persistent nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer. Actually, upstaging at re-TURBT is not a negligible event in T1 tumors (8-15%), while is quite uncommon in case of Ta tumors (0.4%). Residual disease at re-TURBT is usually found in the majority of patients (55-60%) and seems to impact oncological outcomes, even if recent evidence mitigated its relevance as prognostic factor.
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Yoneda K, Utsumi T, Wakai K, Oka R, Endo T, Yano M, Kamiya N, Hiruta N, Suzuki H. Preoperative Clinical Predictors of Lymphovascular Invasion of Bladder Tumors at Transurethral Resection Pathology. Curr Urol 2020; 14:135-141. [PMID: 33224006 DOI: 10.1159/000499247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2019] [Accepted: 06/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background The assessment of lymphovascular invasion (LVI) on the specimens of a transurethral resection of bladder tumors (TURBT) is very important for risk stratification and decision-making on further treatment for bladder cancer. Objectives The present study aimed to identify clinical predictors associated with the risk of bladder cancer with LVI before a first TURBT. Methods A total of 291 patients underwent a first TURBT for bladder cancer at Toho University Sakura Medical Center between January 2012 and December 2016. We analyzed predictors of LVI based on data from 217 patients and predictors of high grade and ≥ pT1 tumors based on data from the medical records of 237 patients for comparison with LVI risk factors. Results Univariate analysis significantly associated LVI with episodes of gross hematuria, positive urinary cytology, and larger, non-papillary and sessile tumors. Multivariate analysis selected larger tumors [odds ratio (OR) 1.39; 95 % confidence interval (CI) 1.08-1.78; p = 0.01], and non-papillary (OR 10.05; 95% CI 3.75-26.91; p < 0.01) and sessile (OR 2.65; 95% CI 1.18-5.93; p = 0.02) tumors as significant predictors of LVI. Some predictors such as tumor size and non-papillary tumors overlapped between high-grade and ≥ pT1 bladder cancer. Conclusions These predictors can help clinicians to identify patients with, or who are at high-risk for LVI before undergoing a first TURBT and to determine priorities for preoperative evaluation and scheduling consecutive treatments.
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- Kei Yoneda
- Department of Urology, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Shimoshizu, Sakura
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- Department of Urology, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Shimoshizu, Sakura
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- Department of Urology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba
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- Department of Urology, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Shimoshizu, Sakura
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- Department of Urology, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Shimoshizu, Sakura
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- Department of Urology, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Shimoshizu, Sakura
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- Department of Urology, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Shimoshizu, Sakura
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- Department of Surgical Pathology, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Shimoshizu, Sakura, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Shimoshizu, Sakura
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Mari A, Muto G, Di Maida F, Tellini R, Bossa R, Bisegna C, Campi R, Cocci A, Viola L, Grosso A, Scelzi S, Lapini A, Carini M, Minervini A. Oncological impact of inflammatory biomarkers in elderly patients treated with radical cystectomy for urothelial bladder cancer. Arab J Urol 2020; 19:2-8. [PMID: 33763243 PMCID: PMC7954471 DOI: 10.1080/2090598x.2020.1814974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Objective To evaluate the impact of preoperative markers of systemic inflammation on complications and oncological outcomes in patients aged ≥75 years treated with radical cystectomy (RC) for urothelial bladder cancer (UBC). Patients and methods The clinical data of 694 patients treated with open RC for UBC at our institution between January 2008 and December 2015 were retrospectively reviewed. Patients aged <75 years, with distant metastases, other-than-urothelial histological type, comorbidities that could affect the systemic inflammatory markers, and patients who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy were excluded. Multivariable regression models were built for the prediction of major postoperative surgical complications, disease recurrence, cancer-specific mortality (CSM), and overall mortality (OM). Results The median (interquartile range [IQR]) age at surgery was 79 (75–83) years. Major postoperative surgical complications were registered in 41.9% of the patients. The 5-year overall survival, cancer-specific survival and recurrence-free survival rates were 42.4% (95% confidence interval [CI] 34.7–49.9%), 70.3% (95% CI 62.3–76.9%), and 59.8% (95% CI 52.4–66.5), respectively. At multivariable analysis, higher levels of fibrinogen and a modified Glasgow Prognostic Score (mGPS) of 1 and 2 at baseline were independently associated with higher risk of major postoperative complications and of CSM. The inclusion of mGPS and fibrinogen to a standard multivariable model for recurrence and for CSM increased discrimination from 69.4% to 73.0% and from 71.3% to 73.9%, respectively. Preoperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio of >3 was independently associated with OM (hazard ratio 1.38, 95% CI 1.01–1.77; P = 0.01). Conclusions In a cohort of elderly patients with UBC treated with RC, fibrinogen and mGPS appeared to be the most relevant prognostic measurements and increased the accuracy of clinicopathological preoperative models to predict major postoperative complications, disease recurrence and mortality. Abbreviations ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists; CCI: Charlson Comorbidity Index; CIS: carcinoma in situ; CRP: C-reactive protein; CSM: cancer-specific mortality; CSS: cancer-specific survival; ECOG PS: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; (S)HR: (subdistribution) hazard ratio; LND: lymphadenectomy; LVI: lymphovascular invasion; mGPS: modified Glasgow Prognostic Score; NLR: neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; NOC: non-organ-confined; OM: overall mortality; OR: odds ratio; OS: overall survival; RC: radical cystectomy; RNU: radical nephroureterectomy; UBC: urothelial bladder cancer; UTUC: upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma
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- Andrea Mari
- Unit of Oncologic Minimally-Invasive Urology and Andrology, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy.,Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Unit of Oncologic Minimally-Invasive Urology and Andrology, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Unit of Oncologic Minimally-Invasive Urology and Andrology, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Unit of Oncologic Minimally-Invasive Urology and Andrology, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Unit of Oncologic Minimally-Invasive Urology and Andrology, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Unit of Oncologic Minimally-Invasive Urology and Andrology, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Unit of Oncologic Minimally-Invasive Urology and Andrology, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy.,Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Unit of Oncologic Minimally-Invasive Urology and Andrology, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy.,Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Unit of Oncologic Minimally-Invasive Urology and Andrology, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Unit of Oncologic Minimally-Invasive Urology and Andrology, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Unit of Oncologic Minimally-Invasive Urology and Andrology, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy.,Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Unit of Oncologic Minimally-Invasive Urology and Andrology, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Unit of Oncologic Minimally-Invasive Urology and Andrology, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy.,Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Unit of Oncologic Minimally-Invasive Urology and Andrology, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy.,Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Vetterlein MW, Witjes JA, Loriot Y, Giannarini G, Albersen M, Ribal MJ, Rouprêt M. Cutting-edge Management of Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer in 2020 and a Glimpse into the Future. Eur Urol Oncol 2020; 3:789-801. [PMID: 32553706 DOI: 10.1016/j.euo.2020.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Revised: 05/21/2020] [Accepted: 06/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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This case-based discussion describes the clinical course of a 63-yr-old patient who presented with gross hematuria and was diagnosed with a muscle-invasive bladder cancer at transurethral resection. Computed tomography revealed a locally advanced tumor, and the patient underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by open radical cystectomy with standard pelvic lymph node dissection. In a step-by-step fashion, we elaborate on diagnostic and therapeutic treatment options from two different vantage points: (1) guideline-adherent treatment with the state-of-the-art standard of care, and (2) a glimpse into the future discussing the evidence of potential additional or alternative approaches based on recent scientific advances. PATIENT SUMMARY: In this case-based discussion, we follow the clinical course of a patient with advanced bladder cancer and elaborate how the state-of-the-art treatment looks like in 2020, based on the best available evidence. This is compared with potential future treatment strategies, which may change and alternate our understanding of optimal bladder cancer care.
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- Malte W Vetterlein
- Department of Urology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Urology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cancer Medicine, INSERM U981, Université Paris-Saclay, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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- Urology Unit, Academic Medical Center "Santa Maria della Misericordia", Udine, Italy
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- Department of Urology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Urology, University Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Sorbonne University, GRC 5 Predictive ONCO-URO, AP-HP, Urology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France.
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Enikeev D, Taratkin M, Margulis V, Sorokin N, Severgina L, Paramonova N, Kislyakov D, Kozlov V, Rapoport L, Shariat SF, Glybochko P. Safety and Short-Term Oncological Outcomes of Thulium Fiber Laser En Bloc Resection of Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer: A Prospective Non-Randomized Phase II Trial. Bladder Cancer 2020. [DOI: 10.3233/blc-200275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND: Ongoing efforts aim at overcoming the challenges of conventional transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) such as the high recurrence rate, difficulty of pathologic interpretation and complications including wall injury. OBJECTIVE: To prospectively assess the safety and efficacy of Thulium fiber en bloc resection of bladder tumor (Tm-fiber ERBT) compared to TURBT. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The prospective non-randomized study included 129 patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) divided into two groups: 58 patients underwent conventional TURBT and 71 –Tm-fiber ERBT with FiberLase U1 (NTO IRE-Polus, Russia). Relapse-free survival (RFS), detrusor presence and complication rates were assessed. For multivariable analysis we used the Pearson chi-squared Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness of fit test; to compare survival –Cox regression analysis; for operative data comparison –chi-square test with Fisher’s correction; for survival analysis –the Kaplan–Meier method and logrank test. RESULTS: RFS rates at 3 and 6 months were 84.5% and 67.2% for conventional TURBT versus 97.2% and 91.5% for Tm-fiber ERBT (p = 0.011 and p < 0.001, respectively). Detrusor muscle was present in 58.6% of cases treated with conventional TURBT vs 91.6% for the Tm-fiber ERBT group (p < 0.001). The obturator nerve reflex and bleeding were noted in 17.2% and 10.3% of TURBT cases, respectively; and in none of cases treated with Tm-fiber ERBT. Limitations included the non–randomized nature and the small sample size. CONCLUSIONS: Tm-fiber ERBT seems to be a safe and efficacious treatment option for NMIBC. Tm-fiber ERBT had fewer adverse events, was more likely to secure detrusor muscle in the specimen and resulted in better RFS rates than conventional TURBT. Based on these promising data, we have started a prospective randomized clinical trial comparing en bloc TURBT with conventional TURBT (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03718754).
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- Dmitry Enikeev
- Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Urology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Pathology, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
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- Centralized Pathology Department, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Public Health and Healthcare Organization, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
- Department of Urology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
- Department of Urology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Urology, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
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Laukhtina E, D’Andrea D, Pradere B, Enikeev D, Abufaraj M, Shariat SF. Prognostic models to help predict patient responses to intravesical immunotherapy. EXPERT REVIEW OF PRECISION MEDICINE AND DRUG DEVELOPMENT 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/23808993.2020.1768845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Ekaterina Laukhtina
- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Department of Urology, University Hospital of Tours, Tours, France
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- Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
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- Division of Urology, Department of Special Surgery, Jordan University Hospital, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
- Division of Urology, Department of Special Surgery, Jordan University Hospital, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
- Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA
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Koch GE, Luckenbaugh AN, Chang SS. High-Risk Nonmuscle Invasive Bladder Cancer: Selecting the Appropriate Patient for Timely Cystectomy. Urology 2020; 147:7-13. [PMID: 32445767 DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2020.05.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Revised: 04/18/2020] [Accepted: 05/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The heterogenous nature of high-risk nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer encompasses a wide range of tumor biologies with varying recurrence and progression risks. Radical cystectomy provides excellent oncologic outcomes but is often underutilized. Timing for these patients is critical, however, to its effectiveness. Certain unfavorable tumor characteristics predict worse outcomes and may help select the most appropriate patients for more aggressive initial therapy. This manuscript aims to outline factors that predict worse outcomes in high-risk nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer and proposes which patients may benefit most from a timely radical cystectomy.
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- George E Koch
- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
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The prognostic value of the urokinase-plasminogen activator system (uPA) in bladder cancer patients treated with radical cystectomy (RC). Urol Oncol 2020; 38:423-432. [PMID: 32209281 DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2020.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2019] [Revised: 01/26/2020] [Accepted: 02/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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PURPOSE Urokinase-plasminogen activator (uPA), its receptor (uPAR), and the plasmin-activator inhibitor type 1 (PAI-1) have been associated with oncologic outcomes in various malignancies and could help identify bladder cancer (BC) patients treated with radical cystectomy (RC) who are likely to benefit from intensification of therapy to prevent disease progression. Our aim was to assess the value of uPA, uPAR, and PAI-1 for prognosticating survival outcomes of patients treated with RC for BC. MATERIALS AND METHODS Tumor specimens from 272 consecutive patients treated with RC for advanced BC were assessed with immunohistochemical staining for uPA, uPAR, and PAI-1. Overexpression was assessed by pathological image analysis. Kaplan-Meier estimates and multivariable Cox-regression were used to analyze survival. Harrell's C-index was used to assess for clinical impact of the uPA system. RESULTS uPA, uPAR, and PAI-1 were overexpressed in 48.2%, 51.1%, and 52.2% of patients, respectively. uPA overexpression was associated with lymphovascular invasion (P = 0.034) and nodal status (P = 0.013); PAI-1 overexpression was associated with primary muscle-invasive BC (P = 0.015) and lymphovascular invasion (P = 0.024). uPA, uPAR, and the number of overexpressed markers were all 3 significantly associated with shorter overall recurrence-free-, distant recurrence-free-, and cancer-specific survival. In multivariable analyses, uPA overexpression remained associated with shorter recurrence-free survival (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.79; P = 0.036) in the entire cohort, in patients without lymph node metastasis (HR = 1.98; P = 0.018) and those with nonorgan-confined disease (HR = 1.98; P = 0.022). uPAR overexpression was associated with shorter recurrence-free survival in patients without lymph node metastasis (HR = 2.01; P = 0.021) and those with organ-confined disease (HR = 4.11; P = 0.037). CONCLUSION Members of the uPA system are associated with features of biologically aggressive BC and oncologic outcomes. However, their value beyond currently available information remains limited.
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Li G, Wang S, Deng D, Xiao Z, Dong Z, Wang Z, Lei Q, Gao S, Huang G, Zhang E, Zeng G, Wen Z, Wu S, Liu Z. Fluorinated Chitosan To Enhance Transmucosal Delivery of Sonosensitizer-Conjugated Catalase for Sonodynamic Bladder Cancer Treatment Post-intravesical Instillation. ACS NANO 2020; 14:1586-1599. [PMID: 32011860 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b06689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Sonodynamic therapy (SDT) is a noninvasive ultrasound-triggered therapeutic strategy for site-specific treatment of tumors with great depth penetration. The design of nano-sonosensitizers suitable for SDT treatment of bladder cancer (BCa) post-intravesical instillation has not yet been reported. Herein, a transmucosal oxygen-self-production SDT nanoplatform is developed to achieve highly efficient SDT against BCa. In this system, fluorinated chitosan (FCS) is synthesized as a highly effective nontoxic transmucosal delivery carrier to assemble with meso-tetra(4-carboxyphenyl)porphine-conjugated catalase (CAT-TCPP). The formed CAT-TCPP/FCS nanoparticles after intravesical instillation into the bladder cavity exhibit excellent transmucosal and intratumoral penetration capacities and could efficiently relieve hypoxia in tumor tissues by the catalase-catalyzed O2 generation from tumor endogenous H2O2 to further improve the therapeutic efficacy of SDT to ablate orthotopic bladder tumors under ultrasound. Our work presents a nano-sonosensitizer formulation with FCS to enhance transmucosal delivery and intratumoral diffusion and CAT to improve tumor oxygenation, promising for instillation-based SDT to treat bladder tumors without the concern of systemic toxicity.
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- Guangzhi Li
- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices , Soochow University , Suzhou 215123 , China
- Institute of Urology, The Affiliated Luohu Hospital of Shenzhen University , Shenzhen University , Shenzhen 518000 , China
- Department of Nephrology, The Second Hospital and Center for Renal Diseases, Advanced Institute for Medical Sciences , Dalian Medical University , Dalian 116044 , China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices , Soochow University , Suzhou 215123 , China
- School of Material Science and Engineering , Beijing Institute of Technology , Beijing 100081 , China
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- Institute of Urology, The Affiliated Luohu Hospital of Shenzhen University , Shenzhen University , Shenzhen 518000 , China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices , Soochow University , Suzhou 215123 , China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices , Soochow University , Suzhou 215123 , China
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- Department of Urology , The Second Hospital of Lanzhou University , Lanzhou 730030 , China
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- Institute of Urology, The Affiliated Luohu Hospital of Shenzhen University , Shenzhen University , Shenzhen 518000 , China
- Department of Nephrology, The Second Hospital and Center for Renal Diseases, Advanced Institute for Medical Sciences , Dalian Medical University , Dalian 116044 , China
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- Institute of Urology, The Affiliated Luohu Hospital of Shenzhen University , Shenzhen University , Shenzhen 518000 , China
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- Institute of Urology, The Affiliated Luohu Hospital of Shenzhen University , Shenzhen University , Shenzhen 518000 , China
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- Institute of Urology, The Affiliated Luohu Hospital of Shenzhen University , Shenzhen University , Shenzhen 518000 , China
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- Department of Urology, Minimally Invasive Surgery Center , The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University , Guangzhou 510120 , China
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- Department of Urology, Minimally Invasive Surgery Center , The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University , Guangzhou 510120 , China
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- Institute of Urology, The Affiliated Luohu Hospital of Shenzhen University , Shenzhen University , Shenzhen 518000 , China
- Department of Urology , The Second Hospital of Lanzhou University , Lanzhou 730030 , China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices , Soochow University , Suzhou 215123 , China
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Comparative Effectiveness of Intravesical BCG-Tice and BCG-Moreau in Patients With Non-muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer. Clin Genitourin Cancer 2019; 18:20-25.e2. [PMID: 31786120 DOI: 10.1016/j.clgc.2019.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2019] [Revised: 10/23/2019] [Accepted: 10/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of 2 bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) strains, BCG-Tice and BCG-Moreau, in the treatment of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed clinical data from patients treated with BCG for NMIBC at 3 academic centers. Inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW)-adjusted Kaplan-Meier curves and Cox proportional hazards regression analyses were used to compare recurrence-free (RFS) and progression-free survival (PFS) of patients in the 2 treatment groups. In addition, we performed exploratory analyses of treatment effect according to the receipt of adequate BCG treatment, high-risk disease, age, gender, smoking status, pathologic stage, and pathologic grade. RESULTS A total of 321 (48.6%) patients were treated with BCG-Tice and 339 (51.4%) with BCG-Moreau. IPTW-adjusted Cox proportional hazard regression analysis did not show a difference in RFS (hazard ratio, 0.88; 95% confidence interval, 0.56-1.38; P = .58) or PFS (hazard ratio, 0.55; 95% confidence interval, 0.25-1.21, P = .14) between BCG-Tice and BCG-Moreau. On subgroup analyses, we could not identify an association of BCG strain with outcomes. CONCLUSIONS There was no difference in RFS and PFS between BCG-Tice and BCG-Moreau strains in the adjuvant treatment of NMIBC. However, we confirmed the importance of maintenance therapy for achieving a sustainable response in patients with intermediate- and high-risk NMIBC.
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Kardoust Parizi M, Enikeev D, Glybochko PV, Seebacher V, Janisch F, Fajkovic H, Chłosta PL, Shariat SF. Prognostic value of T1 substaging on oncological outcomes in patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder urothelial carcinoma: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis. World J Urol 2019; 38:1437-1449. [PMID: 31493109 PMCID: PMC7245585 DOI: 10.1007/s00345-019-02936-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2019] [Accepted: 08/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Purpose To evaluate the prognostic value of substaging on oncological outcomes in patients with T (or pT1) urothelial carcinoma of the bladder. Methods A literature search using PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library was conducted on March 2019 to identify relevant studies according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (PRISMA) guidelines. The pooled disease recurrence (DR) and disease progression (DP) rate in T1(or pT1) patients were calculated using a fixed or random effects model. Results Overall 36 studies published between 1994 and 2018 including a total of 6781 bladder cancer patients with T1(or pT1) stage were selected for the systematic review and meta-analysis. Twenty-nine studies reported significant association between tumor infiltration depth or muscularis mucosa (MM) invasion and oncological outcomes. Totally 12 studies were included in the meta-analysis. MM invasion (T1a/b/c [or pT1a/b/c] or T1a/b [or pT1a/b] substaging system) was associated with DR (pooled HR: 1.23, 95%CI: 1.01–1.49) and DP (pooled HR: 2.61, 95%CI: 1.61–4.23). Tumor infiltration depth (T1 m/e [or pT1 m/e] substaging system) was also associated with DR (pooled HR: 1.49, 95%CI: 1.11–2.00) and DP (pooled HR: 3.29, 95%CI: 2.39–4.51). Conclusions T1(or pT1) substaging in patients with bladder cancer is of prognostic value as it is associated with oncologic outcomes. Inclusion of this factors into the clinical decision-making process of this heterogeneous tumor may improve outcomes, while avoiding over- and under-treatment for T1(or pT1) bladder cancer.
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- Mehdi Kardoust Parizi
- Department of Urology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.,Department of Urology, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department for Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology, Gynecologic Cancer Unit, Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Urology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.,Department of Urology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Urology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Urology, Jagiellonian University, Medical College, Cracow, Poland
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- Department of Urology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria. .,Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia. .,Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA. .,Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
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How to Treat a Patient with T1 High-grade Disease and No Tumour on Repeat Transurethral Resection of the Bladder? Eur Urol Oncol 2019; 4:663-669. [PMID: 31481345 DOI: 10.1016/j.euo.2019.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Revised: 06/20/2019] [Accepted: 07/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A relatively young (64-yr old) long-term heavy smoker but otherwise very healthy man is diagnosed with a primary unifocal left-side tumour (urothelial, T1 high grade), but no lymphovascular invasion and no variant histology. We discuss whether treatment with intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine will be sufficient or early radical cystectomy is at least equally preferred regarding patient benefit, safety, and quality of life. PATIENT SUMMARY: A patient with a single high-grade T1 bladder tumour without aggressive features (eg, lymphovascular invasion or variant tumour aspects) will be adequately treated with bacillus Calmette-Guérin intravesical therapy delivered into the bladder, followed by 3 yr of maintenance. However, all decisions should be taken with the patient in a shared decision-making process, including a discussion regarding removal of the bladder.
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Babjuk M, Burger M, Compérat EM, Gontero P, Mostafid AH, Palou J, van Rhijn BWG, Rouprêt M, Shariat SF, Sylvester R, Zigeuner R, Capoun O, Cohen D, Escrig JLD, Hernández V, Peyronnet B, Seisen T, Soukup V. European Association of Urology Guidelines on Non-muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer (TaT1 and Carcinoma In Situ) - 2019 Update. Eur Urol 2019; 76:639-657. [PMID: 31443960 DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2019.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 822] [Impact Index Per Article: 164.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2019] [Accepted: 08/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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CONTEXT This overview presents the updated European Association of Urology (EAU) guidelines for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), TaT1, and carcinoma in situ (CIS). OBJECTIVE To provide practical recommendations on the clinical management of NMIBC with a focus on clinical presentation and recommendations. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION A broad and comprehensive scoping exercise covering all areas of the NMIBC guidelines has been performed annually since the last published version in 2017. Databases covered by the search included Medline, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Libraries. Previous guidelines were updated, and the level of evidence and grade of recommendation were assigned. EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS Tumours staged as Ta, T1, and/or CIS are grouped under the heading of NMIBC. Diagnosis depends on cystoscopy and histological evaluation of the tissue obtained by transurethral resection (TURB) in papillary tumours or by multiple bladder biopsies in CIS. In papillary lesions, a complete TURB is essential for the patient's prognosis and correct diagnosis. Where the initial resection is incomplete, where there is no muscle in the specimen, or where a T1 tumour is detected, a second TURB should be performed within 2-6 wk. The risks of both recurrence and progression may be estimated for individual patients using the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) scoring system. Stratification of patients into low-, intermediate-, and high-risk groups is pivotal to the recommendation of adjuvant treatment. In patients with tumours presumed to be at a low risk and in those presumed to be at an intermediate risk with a low previous recurrence rate and an expected EORTC recurrence score of <5, one immediate chemotherapy instillation is recommended. Patients with intermediate-risk tumours should receive 1 yr of full-dose bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) intravesical immunotherapy or instillations of chemotherapy for a maximum of 1 yr. In patients with high-risk tumours, full-dose intravesical BCG for 1-3 yr is indicated. In patients at the highest risk of tumour progression, immediate radical cystectomy should be considered. Cystectomy is recommended in BCG-unresponsive tumours. The extended version of the guidelines is available at the EAU website: https://uroweb.org/guideline/non-muscle-invasive-bladder-cancer/. CONCLUSIONS These abridged EAU guidelines present updated information on the diagnosis and treatment of NMIBC for incorporation into clinical practice. PATIENT SUMMARY The European Association of Urology Non-muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer (NMIBC) Panel has released an updated version of their guidelines, which contains information on classification, risk factors, diagnosis, prognostic factors, and treatment of NMIBC. The recommendations are based on the current literature (until the end of 2018), with emphasis on high-level data from randomised clinical trials and meta-analyses. Stratification of patients into low-, intermediate-, and high-risk groups is essential for deciding appropriate use of adjuvant intravesical chemotherapy or bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) instillations. Surgical removal of the bladder should be considered in case of BCG-unresponsive tumours or in NMIBCs with the highest risk of progression.
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- Marko Babjuk
- Department of Urology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Hospital Motol, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Urology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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- Department of Urology, Caritas St. Josef Medical Centre, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, Hôpital Tenon, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, UPMC Paris VI, Paris, France
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- Division of Urology, Molinette Hospital, University of Studies of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, Surrey, UK
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- Department of Urology, Fundació Puigvert, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Caritas St. Josef Medical Centre, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany; Department of Surgical Oncology (Urology), Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Urology Department, Sorbonne Université, GRC n°5, ONCOTYPE-URO, AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Department of Urology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Hospital Motol, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Urology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA; Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA; Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- European Association of Urology Guidelines Office, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Urology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Urology, General University Hospital, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Urology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
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- Urology Department, Sorbonne Université, GRC n°5, ONCOTYPE-URO, AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Department of Urology, General University Hospital, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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Soukup V, Čapoun O, Cohen D, Hernández V, Burger M, Compérat E, Gontero P, Lam T, Mostafid AH, Palou J, van Rhijn BWG, Rouprêt M, Shariat SF, Sylvester R, Yuan Y, Zigeuner R, Babjuk M. Risk Stratification Tools and Prognostic Models in Non-muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer: A Critical Assessment from the European Association of Urology Non-muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer Guidelines Panel. Eur Urol Focus 2018; 6:479-489. [PMID: 30470647 DOI: 10.1016/j.euf.2018.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Revised: 10/28/2018] [Accepted: 11/10/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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CONTEXT This review focuses on the most widely used risk stratification and prediction tools for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). OBJECTIVE To assess the clinical use and relevance of risk stratification and prediction tools to enhance clinical decision making and counselling of patients with NMIBC. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION The most frequent, currently used risk stratification tools and prognostic models for NMIBC patients were identified by the members of the European Association of Urology (EAU) Guidelines Panel on NMIBC. EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS The 2006 European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) risk tables are the most widely used and validated tools for risk stratification and prognosis prediction in NMIBC patients. The EAU risk categories constitute a simple alternative to the EORTC risk tables and can be used for comparable risk stratification. In the subgroup of NMIBC patients treated with a short maintenance schedule of bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), the Club Urológico Español de Tratamiento Oncológico (CUETO) scoring model is more accurate than the EORTC risk tables. Both the EORTC risk tables and the CUETO scoring model overestimate the recurrence and progression risks in patients treated according to current guidelines. The new concept of conditional recurrence and progression estimates is very promising during follow-up but should be validated. CONCLUSIONS Risk stratification and prognostic models enable outcome comparisons and standardisation of treatment and follow-up. At present, none of the available risk stratification and prognostic models reflects current standards of treatment. The EORTC risk tables and CUETO scoring model should be updated with previously unavailable data and recalculated. PATIENT SUMMARY Non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer is a heterogeneous disease. A risk-based therapeutic approach is recommended. We present available risk stratification and prediction tools and the degree of their validation with the aim to increase their use in everyday clinical practice.
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- Viktor Soukup
- Department of Urology, General Teaching Hospital and 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Urology, General Teaching Hospital and 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Urology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario Fundación de Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Urology and Paediatric Urology, Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, Hôpital Tenon, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, Institut Universitaire de Cancérologie GRC5, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Urology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Academic Urology Unit, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
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- Department of Urology, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK
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- Department of Urology, Fundació Puigvert, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Surgical Oncology (Urology), Netherlands Cancer Institute-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Hopital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Institut Universitaire de Cancérologie GRC5, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- Department of Urology, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- EAU Guidelines Office Board, European Association of Urology, Arnhem, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medicine, Health Science Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Urology, Medizinische Universität Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Urology, Motol University Hospital and Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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