Secondary neoplasms of the urinary bladder-clinical management and oncological outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Secondary neoplasms of the bladder account for 4.5% of all bladder neoplasms however there is limited literature reporting management and survival. This is the largest single centre series presented in current literature with long term oncological follow up.

Methods

This is a single institutional, retrospective cohort study of patients with a histological diagnosis of a secondary bladder neoplasm from January 2007 to December 2017 (n=40). Prognostic variables examined included age at diagnosis, histology, disease free survival and treatment. Kaplan-Meier analysis was used to calculate survival. We used multiple regression analysis to identify the most significant treatments for each population group in terms of their survival.

Results

Twenty-one patients we

SUBMITTER: El-Taji O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8261409 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature