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ReviewCureus2024

Cutaneous Metastasis of Bladder Cancer: A Systematic Review.

Nagham Bazzi, Sadek Jaber, Wajih A Saad, Sally Al Hassan, Samer Dbouk, Ali Alhousseini

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Review in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Nagham BazziDepartment of Medicine, Baabda Governmental Hospital, Beirut, LBN.
Sadek JaberDepartment of Orthopedics, Lebanese University Faculty of Medicine, Beirut, LBN.
Wajih A SaadDepartment of Oncology, Lebanese University Faculty of Medicine, Beirut, LBN.
Sally Al HassanDepartment of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, LBN.
Samer DboukDepartment of General Surgery, Al Zahraa Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut, LBN.
Ali AlhousseiniDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beaumont Hospital, Dearborn, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bladder cancer is one of the main causes of urogenital cancer (30-35% of the total urological cancers). Although metastases from urologic tumors are rare, it is associated with a high mortality rate. The location and pattern of metastasis are random and unpredictable. A literature search was done, and a total of 49 studies published from 1949 to 2021 were included. All published studies were case reports. A total number of 59 patients were included: 50 men and nine women. Multiple types of bladder cancer were described, 72.8% were urothelial/transitional cell carcinoma of different grades and stages (n=43). Other reported cancers were adenocarcinoma of the bladder (n=4), poorly differentiated carcinoma (n=5), bladder sarcoma (n=1), sarcomatoid carcinoma (n=1), renal cell carcinoma (n=1), myeloid sarcoma (n=1), and grade III papillary carcinoma (n=2). The most common site for cutaneous lesions was the abdomen, followed by the chest. Further randomized cohort studies assessing the sites and patterns of metastasis should be done to help physicians in their clinical work.

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bladder cancerbladder metastasiscutaneous metastasisupper urinary tract canceruro oncology

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PMID39726500
PMCPMC11669487

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