Abstract

Introduction&Objectives:Theinfluenceofintravesicaltumorlocationondiseaseoutcomeisrarelystudiedinpatientswithnon-muscleinvasivebladdercancer(NMIBC).Ouraimwastodeterminetheassociationoftumorlocationonrecurrence-freesurvival(RFS)inpatientswithprimary,solitary NMIBC.Materials&Methods:AfterIRBapproval,dataof840patientswhounderwenttransurethralresectionofbladdertumor(TURBT)in1hospitalbetween2000-2018wasretrospectivelycollected.Patientswithaprimary,solitaryNMIBCwereincluded.Caseswithirradicalresection,CISorconcomitantuppertracttumorwereexcluded.Tumorlocationwasassessedbycheckingtheoperation,cystoscopyandpathologyreport.AreasoftumorlocationwerebasedontheEAUbladdermap.Incaseofoverlappingareas,theareaoftumororiginwasselected.Moreover,patientsweredichotomizedintodorsalvs.non-dorsaltumors.Thedorsalareawasdefinedasthediamondborderedbybladderneck,trigone,posteriorwallandorifices.Thenon-dorsalareasarethelateralwalls,domeandanteriorwall.TheassociationoftumorlocationwithRFSwasassessedusingCoxregression. Median RFS was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. Statistical significance was considered at p<0.05.Results:Atotalof184patientswereincludedintotheanalysis.Themostcommontumorlocationwerethelateralwalls(45%,n=88).Altogether,25(14%)and69(38%)patientshadarecurrenceat1yrand5yrs,respectively.MedianRFSwas103months(mo).TumorslocatedattheanteriorwallwereassociatedwiththelowestRFS(median74mo)andattheposteriorwallwithhighestRFS(median133mo).NoassociationwasseenbetweentumorlocationandRFS,usingtheposteriorwallasareferencelocation(p=0.40).Dichotomizationshowedthat54%hadatumorinthedorsalareaofwhich9%hadarecurrencewithin1yr,comparedto19%inthenon-dorsalarea.MedianRFSinthedorsalareawas133moand48mointhenon-dorsalarea(Figure1;log-rankp=0.021).CoxanalysisshowedbetterRFSforpatientswithatumorinthedorsalarea(HR0.56,95%CI 0.36-0.88, p=0.01).Abstracts EAU20 Virtual Congress and Theme WeekEur Urol Open Sci 2020;19(Suppl 2):e1017
Original languageEnglish
Article number663
Pages (from-to)1017-1018
Number of pages2
JournalEuropean urology open science
Volume19
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2020

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