Clinical variables which serve as predictors of cancer-specific survival among patients treated with radical cystectomy for transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder and prostate

Abstract

Although clinical T classification and tumor grade remain the best predictors of survival in patients with transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder or prostate, clinical variables such as age, preoperative creatinine and hemoglobin levels, a history of nephroureterectomy or pelvic irradiation, and irritative voiding symptoms at presentation may provide additional prognostic information independent of tumor grade and stage.