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ArticleWorld journal of urology2020

How to improve patient selection for neoadjuvant chemotherapy in bladder cancer patients candidate for radical cystectomy and pelvic lymph node dissection.

Stefania Zamboni, Marco Moschini, Alessandro Antonelli, Claudio Simeone, Sandra Belotti, Luca Cristinelli, Francesco Montorsi, Alberto Briganti, Andrea Gallina, Andrea Salonia and 4 more

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Article in World journal of urology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Stefania ZamboniKlinik für Urologie, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Lucerne, Switzerland. stefania.zamboni@libero.it.
Marco MoschiniKlinik für Urologie, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Lucerne, Switzerland.
Alessandro AntonelliSpedali Civili Hospital of Brescia, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Claudio SimeoneSpedali Civili Hospital of Brescia, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Sandra BelottiSpedali Civili Hospital of Brescia, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Luca CristinelliSpedali Civili Hospital of Brescia, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Francesco MontorsiUnit of Urology/Division of Oncology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, URI, Milan, Italy.
Alberto BrigantiUnit of Urology/Division of Oncology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, URI, Milan, Italy.
Andrea GallinaUnit of Urology/Division of Oncology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, URI, Milan, Italy.
Andrea SaloniaUnit of Urology/Division of Oncology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, URI, Milan, Italy.
Renzo ColomboUnit of Urology/Division of Oncology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, URI, Milan, Italy.
Livio MordasiniKlinik für Urologie, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Lucerne, Switzerland.
Agostino MatteiKlinik für Urologie, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Lucerne, Switzerland.
Philipp BaumeisterKlinik für Urologie, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Lucerne, Switzerland.

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Abstract

purposeTo improve patient selection for neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) before radical cystectomy (RC) in bladder cancer patients (BCa).

methodsRetrospective evaluation of 1057 patients with cT2-4N0M0 BCa treated with RC and pelvic lymph node dissection between 1990 and 2018 at 3 referral centers. Adverse pathologic features (APF) were defined as pT3-pT4/pN + disease at RC. A regression tree model (CART) was used to assess preoperative risk group classes. A multivariable logistic regression (MVA) was performed to identify predictors of APF at RC.

resultsMedian age was 70 years and most of the patients were men (83%). Of the 1057 patients included in our study, 688 (65%) had APF. CART analysis was able to stratify patients into 3 risk groups: low (cT2 and single disease, odds ratio [OR] 0.62), intermediate (cT2 and multiple disease, OR 1.08), and high (cT3-cT4, OR 1.28). On MVA APF were associated with variant histology (odds ratio [OR] 3.97, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.46-10.83, p = 0.007), multifocality at TUR (OR 2.56, CI 1.27-5.17, p = 0.09), completeness of resection (OR 0.47, CI 0.23-0.96, p = 0.04) and clinical extravesical disease (OR 3.42, CI 1.63-7.14, p = 0.001).

conclusionWe defined three pre-operative risk classes. Our results indicate that patients with a cT3-T4 disease are those who might benefit more from NAC whereas those with T2 single disease should be those to whom NAC probably shouldn't be proposed. Given the high rate of understaging in BCa patients, NAC can be proposed in selected cases of cT2/multifocal disease.

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CystectomyLymph Node ExcisionPatient SelectionAgedChemotherapy, AdjuvantFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoadjuvant TherapyPelvisRetrospective StudiesUrinary Bladder NeoplasmsBladder cancerNeoadjuvant chemotherapyRadical cystectomy

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