Survival after Radical Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer in Relation to Prior Non-Muscle Invasive Disease in Quebec

2016 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed S. Zakaria ◽  
Fabiano Santos ◽  
Wassim Kassouf ◽  
Simon Tanguay ◽  
Armen Aprikian
2011 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 369-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramy F. Youssef ◽  
Yair Lotan

Bladder cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. At initial diagnosis, 75% of patients present with non–muscle-invasive disease and 25% of patients have muscle-invasive or metastatic disease.Patients with noninvasive disease suffer from a high rate of recurrence and 10–30% will have disease progression. Patients with muscle-invasive disease are primarily treated with radical cystectomy, but frequently succumb to their disease despite improvements in surgical technique. In non–muscle-invasive disease, multiplicity, tumor size, and prior recurrence rates are the most important predictors for recurrence, while tumor grade, stage, and carcinomain situare the most important predictors for progression. The most common tool that clinicians use to predict outcomes after radical cystectomy is still the tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) staging system, with lymph node involvement representing the most important prognostic factor. However, the predictive accuracy of staging and grading systems are limited, and nomograms incorporating clinical and pathologic factors can improve prediction of bladder cancer outcomes. One limitation of current staging is the fact that tumors of a similar stage and grade can have significantly different biology. The integration of molecular markers, especially in a panel approach, has the potential to further improve the accuracy of predictive models and may also identify targets for therapeutic intervention or patients who will respond to systemic therapies.


2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 582-594
Author(s):  
William M. Grabstald ◽  
Richard H. Sarkis ◽  
Chrisophos A. Jacobus ◽  
Smith V. Feifer

Bladder cancer is the second most common cancer of the genitourinary tract. Radical cystectomy is considered the gold standard of treatment for patients with localized muscle-invasive disease (MIBC), although chemoradiotherapy protocols using neoadjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy is used for muscle-invasive bladder cancer. We explored the toxicity and efficacy of neoadjuvant AMVAC in MIBC. A total of 177 patients with clinical tumor–node–metastases (TNM) stage T2N0M0 to T4aN0M0 bladder cancer who were candidates for radical cystectomy were eligible, tumors were staged according to the criteria in the fourth edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer staging manual. Grade ≥ 2 toxicities were observed in 8% of patients, with grade 3 and 4 neutropenia in 7% and 5% patients, respectively; grade 3 and 4 anemia in 4% and 2% of patients, respectively; no patients died of drug toxicity; 61% of patients were accrued; 16% were down-staged to non–muscle invasive disease. Further, 31% showing pT0 at cystectomy and the median survival was 16.9 months.


2019 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Riccardo Mastroianni ◽  
Giuseppe Simone

Bladder cancer (BC) remains one of the most common cancer worldwide. Radical cystectomy (RC) and pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) with urinary diversion (UD) is still considered the gold standard treatment for non-metastatic muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) and for recurrent non-muscle invasive disease. The open approach remains the reference option of treatment for RC, even if robotic surgery is rapidly increasing. Nowadays, several studies have reported perioperative, functional and oncological outcomes of robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC), but data are still immature to compare both procedures. All the current randomized controlled trials (RCTs), did not prove any significant difference between open RC and RARC, underlining no superiority between both procedures. Therefore, RARC is still considered an investigational procedure. On the other hand, modern robotic surgical practice has been evolved by the introduction of innovative technologies. The technological progress is improving, in particular in robotic surgery, offering several future perspectives, such as the ICG technique. The aim of the review is to describe the state of art, and to outline future perspectives of RARC, in order to establish the role of robotic surgery in the complex field of radical cystectomy.


2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (2_suppl) ◽  
pp. 396-396
Author(s):  
Syed A. Hussain ◽  
Altaf Qadir Khattak ◽  
Philip Cornford ◽  
Robin Weston ◽  
Pavlo Somov ◽  
...  

396 Background: Cystectomy has become one of the standard forms of therapy for patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer with long term follow-up data supporting radical surgical management. Methods: Data are collected retrospectively on patients who underwent cystectomy at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. The aim was to document the overall survival of patients undergoing cystectomy at this centre. Results: Data were collected on 147 patients between September 2007 and June 2013. Median patient age was 66 (IQR: 61, 72) with 33 (23%) females. 107 (73%) patients had muscle invasive TCC, 13 (9%) had recurrent non-muscle invasice disease, 9 (6%) had salvage surgery following radical radiotherapy and 6 (4%) had persistent carcinoma in situ. 28 patients (20%) had hydronephrosis. 34 (23%) patients underwent neo-adjuvant chemotherapy. 2 (1%) patients had Combined synchronous urethrectomy and 5 (3%) had Combined synchronous nephroureterectomy. Post operatively positive lymph nodes were observed in 22 (19%) of surgical specimens and 83 (72%) had persistent muscle invasive disease. Survival rates at 12 and 60 months are 0.92 (0.88, 0.97) and 0.52 (0.39, 0.71) respectively. Multivariate analysis show that post operative T (HR: 3.99 (1.05, 15.18)) and N (HR: 5.40 (2.17, 13.44)) status are both independent predictors of over all survival. Conclusions: Real life data from our centre showed that the patient population and overall survival estimates for patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer treated with radical cystectomy and lymph node dissection are consistent with previous published literature. .


2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (6_suppl) ◽  
pp. 289-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua D. Holyoak ◽  
Zachary Panfili ◽  
Ravi P. Kiran ◽  
Naveen Pokala

289 Background: The micropapillary variant of transitional cell cancer(MPTCC) is an aggressive pathological subtype of bladder cancer and radical cystectomy is recommended for patients with non−muscle invasive disease. This study compares the treatment patterns and survival outcome in 121 patients. Methods: Patients with MPTCC (code 8131) were identified from the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER 17) database. Data was analyzed for demographics, stage, treatment, overall (OS) and cancer specific survival (CSS). Appropriate statistical tests were used. Results: 121 patients were identified (2001−08). Mean age was 73.3 years, 76.9% were male (76.9%, n=93), 82.7% were Caucasian. 40.5% (n=49) had non−muscle invasive (NMI) disease and 59.5% had muscle−invasive disease (MI) at diagnosis. The T stage was Ta or Tis (n=17), T1 (n=32), T2 (n=38) T3 (n=20) and T4 (n=14). 23 patients had node positive disease, the nodal status was not known in 4 patients. 10 patients had distant metastasis. Surgical procedures performed include, TURBT (n=83), Radical cystectomy (n=34), pelvic exenteration (n=1) and partial cystectomy (n=3). 8 patients received post−operative radiotherapy. The mean OS was 64.9, 42.9, 16.1 and 50.2 months and the mean CSS was 81.2, 56.3, 15.7 and 64.4 months for NMI, MI, distant and the whole group respectively. The 5−year OS was 40%, 54% and 34% and the 5 year CSS was 62%, 53% and 82% for the whole group, MI and NMI respectively. All patients with distant disease were dead by 28 months. On analysis of CSS by treatment type the 5−yr CSS for NMI was 81% (n=36) after TURBT and 100% (n=3) after Radical surgery. For MI disease the 3−yr CSS was 66% after TURBT (n=18) and the 5−yr CSS was 54% after radical surgery (n=29). On multivariate analysis, higher stage and age were associated with worse survival. TURBT was associated with better survival. Conclusions: MPTCC is a rare variant of TCC. 81% survival can be achieved with TURBT for non-muscle invasive MPTCC.


2010 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 2215-2227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyle A. Richards ◽  
A. Karim Kader ◽  
Ashok K. Hemal

While open radical cystectomy remains the gold-standard treatment for muscle-invasive bladder cancer and high-risk non–muscle invasive disease, robotic assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) has been gaining popularity over the past decade. The robotic approach has the potential advantages of less intraoperative blood loss, shorter hospital stay, less post-operative narcotic requirement, quicker return of bowel function, and earlier convalescence with an acceptable surgical learning curve for surgeons adept at robotic radical prostatectomy. While short to intermediate term oncologic results from several small RARC series are promising, bladder cancer remains a potentially lethal malignancy necessitating long-term follow-up. This article aims to review the currently published literature, important technical aspects of the operation, oncologic and functional outcomes, and the future direction of RARC.


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 525-535
Author(s):  
Markus Krebs ◽  
Ioannis Sokolakis ◽  
Roland Seiler ◽  
Siamak Daneshmand ◽  
Petros Grivas ◽  
...  

BACKGROUND: Cisplatin-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) has shown overall survival benefit for patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). In contrast, there is limited data for adjuvant treatment options in patients with residual muscle invasive disease after NAC followed by radical cystectomy (RC). OBJECTIVE: This systematic review aims to give an overview of studies examining adjuvant treatment options for patients with residual MIBC at RC despite NAC. METHODS: We systematically searched the PubMed database and Clinicaltrials.gov (end point August 2019) for publications and registered trials combining NAC, RC, and adjuvant treatment options. RESULTS: After removal of duplicates, 659 articles and registered trials were further analyzed. Finally, 10 studies and 7 registered clinical trials met inclusion criteria. While 5 publications did not further characterize NAC and adjuvant regimens, the remaining 5 studies reported mainly platinum-based regimens. Altogether, the selected studies showed conflicting results regarding the potential role of adjuvant treatment strategies in the setting of residual disease after NAC and RC. CONCLUSION: Although there is an urgent need for adjuvant treatment options for patients with MIBC after NAC and residual muscle invasive disease at RC, there has been very limited evidence available. Inclusion of such patients into ongoing adjuvant clinical trials is urgently needed; active surveillance is strongly recommended in the absence of trials.


2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 303-303
Author(s):  
Eric Christian Ballon-Landa ◽  
Karim Chamie ◽  
Jeffrey C. Bassett ◽  
Timothy J. Daskivich ◽  
Julie Lai ◽  
...  

303 Background: Patients with high-risk bladder cancer are apt to develop multiple recurrences. Since the association of recurrences with aggressive treatment in individuals with recurrent high-grade disease has not been quantified, we sought to determine whether increasing number of recurrences correlates with higher treatment rates. Methods: Using linked SEER-Medicare data, we identified subjects with recurrent high-grade, non-muscle-invasive disease diagnosed in 1992–2002 and followed until 2007. Using propensity score and competing-risks regression analyses, we quantified the incidence of radical cystectomy, radiotherapy, and systemic chemotherapy after each recurrence. We further restricted our analyses of treatment in auspicious environments, defined as those patients most suited for aggressive intervention: age <70, Charlson 0, and undifferentiated T1 tumors treated at academic cancer centers. Results: Of 4,521 subjects, (59.6%) 2,694 recurred more than once within two years of diagnosis. Compared with patients who only had one recurrence, those with ≥4 recurrences were less likely to undergo radical cystectomy (9.7% vs 12.1%, p value=0.03), but more likely to undergo radiotherapy (18.0% vs 12.1%, p value<0.01) and systemic chemotherapy (6.7% vs 4.2%, p value<0.01). For patients with ≥4 recurrences, only 25% were treated with curative intent, while 43% were similarly treated in auspicious environments. Conclusions: Only 25% of patients with high-risk bladder cancer who recur ≥4 times undergo treatment for curative intent. Increasing recurrences do not appear to alter the treatment course, as patients and their doctors may be unable or unwilling to proceed with aggressive treatment despite mounting risk of disease progression. [Table: see text]


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document