Matthias May, Atiqullah Aziz, Sabine Brookman-May, Florian Roghmann, Joachim Noldus, Michael Rink, Felix Chun, Margit Fisch, Vladimir Novotny, Manfred Wirth, Roman Mayr, Armin Pycha, Antonin Brisuda, Björn Volkmer, Regina Stredele, Christopher Dechet, Stefan Vallo, Axel Haferkamp, Marco Schnabel, Stefan Denzinger, Jan Roigas, Christian G Stief, Christian Gilfrich, Patrick J Bastian, Jörg B Engel, Maximilian Burger, Hans-Martin Fritsche
PURPOSE: To evaluate for the first time the prognostic significance of female invasive patterns in stage pT4a urothelial carcinoma of the bladder in a large series of women undergoing anterior pelvic exenteration. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Our series comprised of 92 female patients in total of whom 87 with known invasion patterns were eligible for final analysis. Median follow-up for evaluation of cancer-specific mortality (CSM) was 38 months (interquartile ranges, 21-82 months)...
March 2015: World Journal of Urology