TUMOR RECURRENCE FOLLOWING LASER SURGERY FOR BLADDER TUMOR

6 Prevention of Bladder Tumor Recurrence

Bladder tumor recurrence after primary surgery for transitional cell carcinoma of the upper urinary tract.

OBJECTIVE Primary transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the upper urinary tract represents 6-8% of all TCC cases. Nephroureterectomy with removal of a bladder cuff is the treatment of choice. The rates of TCC recurrence in the bladder after primary upper urinary tract surgery described in the literature range between 12.5 and 37.5%. In a retrospective analysis we examined the occurrence of TCC a...

Distant recurrence risk following early ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence

At present, the risk factors for distant recurrence among patients with early ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence (IBTR) require further investigation. Early IBTR is defined as occurring within 3 years following the initial surgery. In the current study, 40 patients with early IBTR were examined to determine the risk factors for distant recurrence. A node-positive status at the time of primary ...

Mesenteric Fibromatosis Mimicking Tumor Recurrence Following Radical Cystectomy and Bladder Replacement

We report an unusual case of benign tumor mimicking tumor recurrence following radical cystectomy and bladder replacement for high grade urothelial carcinoma.

Centrosome hyperamplification predicts progression and tumor recurrence in bladder cancer.

PURPOSE Recent studies have reported that centrosome hyperamplification (CH) is closely related to chromosomal instability in bladder cancer. In this study, we investigated whether CH could be used as a prognostic biomarker for patients with bladder cancer. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN CH was evaluated by immunohistochemistry in 50 bladder cancers (< or =pT1: 43; > or =pT2: 7). In addition, numerical ...