Comparative Analysis of Very Reduced vs Full Dose BCG Treatment for High-Risk Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer: A Contemporary Experience from Chile
Grajales V, Contieri R, Tan W, Flores M, Schultz M, Pinochet R, Bustamante A, Kamat A, Fernández M. Comparative Analysis of Very Reduced vs Full Dose BCG Treatment for High-Risk Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer: A Contemporary Experience from Chile. Bladder Cancer 2023, 9: 327-334. PMID: 38994240, PMCID: PMC11165921, DOI: 10.3233/blc-230047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-muscle invasive bladder cancerBacillus Calmette-GuerinBacillus Calmette-Guerin treatmentHR-NMIBC patientsInvasive bladder cancerOncological outcomesHigh riskBladder cancerHigh-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancerPatients treated with bacillus Calmette-GuerinAdjuvant bacillus Calmette-GuerinBacillus Calmette-Guerin instillationsFull doseFD groupMultivariate Cox regression modelCalculate survival estimatesReduced-dose regimensMedian follow-upRecurrence free rateKaplan-Meier methodReduced toxicity profileCox regression modelsHR-NMIBCStratify patientsRetrospective study