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Progression of T1 bladder tumors
Author(s) -
Herr Harry W.,
Reuter Victor E.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19990915)86:6<908::aid-cncr2>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - medicine , bladder cancer , tumor progression , bladder tumor , oncology , pathology , cancer
A significant proportion of T1 bladder tumors progress despite therapy due to clinical understaging in some and a more aggressive biology in others. Substaging T1 tumors by depth of submucosal invasion may identify some patients with more advanced tumors, but this alone will not alter their outcome. Predicting T1 tumor progression, at a time when treatment will alter outcome, remains a major goal in the management of superficial bladder tumors. See also pages 910–2 and 1035–43.