Bladder Cancer - Reported From The Annual Meeting Of The American Urological Association

July 05th, 2008 | Category: Cancer

ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Abstract 1791 showed the importance of a repeat TURBT for T1 grade 3 tumors. whether there is no residual tumor (NRT) on the repeat TURBT patients do much better than whether there is residual tumor (SRT). NRT - Recurrence 17% - Progression 10%

- DFS 78% SRT - Recurrence 45% - Progression 23% - DFS 50% Abstract 1695 showed that 60% of all bladder cancer deaths occur within the first 2 years of diagnosis.

Original post by Women’s Health / Gynecology News From Medical News Today

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