Survival Rates after Radical Cystectomy according to Tumor Stage of Bladder Carcinoma at First Presentation

Abstract

Our results show that superficial bladder carcinoma with tumor progress to muscle invasion does not have a better prognosis after radical cystectomy than initial muscle-invasive bladder carcinoma. Survival rates in this group can only be improved by singling out patients on the basis of risk factors at an earlier stage and carrying out a cystectomy.