Abstract
Study Type Therapy (case series) Level of Evidence4 What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Outcomes after disease recurrence in patients with urothelial carcinoma of the bladder treated with radical cystectomy are variable, but the majority of patients die from the disease within 2 years after disease recurrence. Knowledge about prognostic factors that may influence survival after disease recurrence is limited.
We found that outcomes after disease recurrence in patients with urothelial carcinoma of the bladder are significantly affected by common clinicopathological factors. In addition, a shorter time from surgery to disease recurrence is significantly associated with poor outcomes.
These factors should be considered when scheduling salvage chemotherapy protocols/clinical trials.