Prognostic factors and risk groups in T1G3 non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer patients initially treated with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin: results of a retrospective multicenter study of 2451 patients.
Contains fulltext : 153742.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) BACKGROUND: The impact of prognostic factors in T1G3 non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (BCa) patients is critical for proper treatment decision making. OBJECTIVE: To assess prognostic factors in patients who received bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) as initial intravesical treatment of T1G3 tumors and to identify a subgroup of high-risk patients who should be considered for more aggressive treatment. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Individual patient data were collected for 2451 T1G3 patients from 23 centers who received BCG between 1990 and 2011. OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: Using Cox multivariable re…
Lower urinary tract symptoms in male-to-female transsexuals: Short terms results and proposal of a new questionnaire
Presented at the 64th Annual Meeting of the SICPRE, September 17–19, 2015, Milan, Italy. SICPRE: La SICPRE, Societa Italiana di Chirurgia Plastica Ricostruttiva ed Estetica, national meeting, in Milano, Italy on September 17–19, 2015. Disclosure: The authors have no financial interest to declare in relation to the content of this article. The Article Processing Charge was supported by a grant of family Dioguardi, in memory of Professor Domenico Dioguardi, MD.