Influence of lamina propria invasion extension on T1 high‐grade non‐muscle‐invasive bladder cancer in patients undergoing BCG or radical cystectomy
Contieri R, Tan W, Grajales V, Hensley P, Martini A, Bree K, Myers A, Nogueras‐Gonzalez G, Navai N, Dinney C, Guo C, Kamat A. Influence of lamina propria invasion extension on T1 high‐grade non‐muscle‐invasive bladder cancer in patients undergoing BCG or radical cystectomy. BJU International 2024, 133: 733-741. PMID: 38374533, DOI: 10.1111/bju.16293.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-muscle-invasive bladder cancerImmediate radical cystectomyCancer-specific survivalMetastasis-free survivalProgression-free survivalT1 substagingOverall survivalRadical cystectomyPathology reportsBladder cancerHigh-grade non-muscle-invasive bladder cancerPatients treated with bacillus Calmette-GuerinAssociated with poor progression-free survivalInstitutional review board-approved retrospective studyPatients treated with BCGPoor progression-free survivalLamina propriaAssociated with upstagingBCG-treated patientsCalculate overall survivalTreated with BCGKaplan-Meier methodHigh-grade patientsMultivariate Cox modelInvasive characteristics