Open AccessEffect of bladder cancer variant histology on survival outcome in patients treated with radical cystectomy: A single-centre experience
Author(s) -
Selim Komina,
Gordana Petruševska,
Vesna Janevska,
Rubens Jovanović,
Pance Zdravkovski,
Skender Saidi,
Beti Ivanovska Zafirovska,
Sonja Topuzovska
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
urology annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 0974-7834
pISSN - 0974-7796
DOI - 10.4103/ua.ua_95_20
Subject(s) - lymphovascular invasion , medicine , cystectomy , lymphadenectomy , bladder cancer , lymph node , stage (stratigraphy) , resection margin , pathological , oncology , metastasis , proportional hazards model , single center , surgical margin , cancer , urology , surgery , resection , paleontology , biology
Bladder cancer (BC) is the sixth most common malignant neoplasm in men. Recently, great effort has been devoted to the study of BC variant histology (VH). Yet, the results from these studies have shown conflicting data and remain unclear whether their presence alters recurrence and survival rates after radical cystectomy (RC).