2020
Evaluation of the New American Urological Association Guidelines Risk Classification for Hematuria
Woldu S, Ng C, Loo R, Slezak J, Jacobsen S, Tan W, Kelly J, Lough T, Darling D, van Kessel K, de Jong J, van Criekinge W, Shariat S, Hiar A, Brown S, Boorjian S, Barocas D, Svatek R, Lotan Y. Evaluation of the New American Urological Association Guidelines Risk Classification for Hematuria. Journal Of Urology 2020, 205: 1387-1392. PMID: 33356483, DOI: 10.1097/ju.0000000000001550.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncidence of bladder cancerBladder cancerHigh-risk groupRisk groupsRisk strataCancer incidenceDegree of hematuriaHigh-risk patientsRisk stratification systemAmerican Urological AssociationEvaluation of patientsMultinational cohort studyRisk-stratified approachBladder cancer incidenceHematuria patientsClinically meaningful categoriesGross hematuriaUrologic evaluationIntermediate riskProspective registryRisk patientsContemporary patientsSmoking historyUrological AssociationHematuria
2018
Evaluating the cost of surveillance for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer: an analysis based on risk categories
Mossanen M, Wang Y, Szymaniak J, Tan W, Huynh M, Preston M, Trinh Q, Sonpavde G, Kibel A, Chang S. Evaluating the cost of surveillance for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer: an analysis based on risk categories. World Journal Of Urology 2018, 37: 2059-2065. PMID: 30446799, DOI: 10.1007/s00345-018-2550-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBladder cancerProgression to muscle-invasive diseaseNon-muscle-invasive bladder cancerHigh-risk disease patientsEORTC risk calculatorHigh-risk NMIBCManagement of NMIBCMuscle-invasive diseaseLow-risk tumorsBiologically heterogeneous diseaseHigh-risk diseaseSurveillance of patientsMethodsA Markov modelLong-term surveillanceHigh-risk groupPatient risk groupsOverall cost of careCost of surveillanceCost of careIntermediate-riskSurveillance cystoscopyExpensive malignanciesIndex patientPatient basisNMIBC