Oncological Outcomes for Patients with European Association of Urology Very High-risk Non–muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Treated with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin or Early Radical Cystectomy
Contieri R, Hensley P, Tan W, Grajales V, Bree K, Nogueras-Gonzalez G, Lee B, Navai N, Dinney C, Kamat A. Oncological Outcomes for Patients with European Association of Urology Very High-risk Non–muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Treated with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin or Early Radical Cystectomy. European Urology Oncology 2023, 6: 590-596. PMID: 37558542, DOI: 10.1016/j.euo.2023.07.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-muscle-invasive bladder cancerCancer-specific mortalityBacillus Calmette-GuerinHigh-grade recurrenceHigh-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancerOverall survivalBladder cancerEuropean Urological AssociationOncological outcomesNo significant differenceEarly RCPatients treated with bacillus Calmette-GuerinTreated with bacillus Calmette-GuerinNon-muscle invasive bladder cancerIntravesical BCGContemporary cohort of patientsCancer-specific mortality ratesProgression rateBacillus Calmette-Guerin groupEarly radical cystectomyMedian follow-upInvasive bladder cancerSignificant differenceCohort of patientsEarly surgical removal