Validation of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer risk stratification updated in the 2021 European Association of Urology guidelines.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study is to validate the predictive ability of the 2021 European Association of Urology (EAU) risk model compared to that of existing risk models, including the 2019 EAU model and risk scoring tables of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer, Club Urologico Espanol de Tratamiento Oncologico, and Japanese Nishinihon Uro-oncology Extensive Collaboration Group.

Patients and methods

This retrospective multi-institutional database study included two cohorts-3024 patients receiving intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) treatment (BCG cohort) and 789 patients not receiving BCG treatment (non-BCG cohort). The Kaplan-Meier estimate and log-rank test were used to visualize and compare oncological survival outcomes after tra

SUBMITTER: Miyake M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10869660 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature