Miyao N, Hisataki T, Takahashi A, Masumori N, Satoh M, Tsukamoto T
Departments of Urology and Clinical Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
Eur Urol. 1998;34(5):404-10. doi: 10.1159/000019774.
We examined the incidence of positive findings (concomitant carcinoma in situ (CIS), frank carcinoma and dysplasia) for normal-appearing mucosal biopsies in superficial bladder carcinoma and the clinical outcome of patients with positive biopsy results.
Eighty-four cases of newly diagnosed superficial bladder carcinoma, from whom biopsies of preselected cystoscopically normal-appearing mucosal tissue were taken at the time of initial treatment, were studied. Multivariate analysis by Cox's proportional hazards model was applied.
Twenty-seven percent of the patients with superficial bladder carcinoma showed positive biopsy results. Positive biopsy results independently influenced intravesical recurrence by Cox's proportional hazards model.
Positive mucosal biopsy results are a significant indicator of intravesical recurrence in patients with superficial bladder carcinoma.
