Perioperative Chemotherapy in the Complex Treatment of Patients with High-grade Bladder Cancer

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Pavlo Yakovlev

Abstract

Chemotherapy (CT) is a method of treating patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer, most of which present as high-grade cancer, in neoadjuvant or adjuvant setting, to treat or prevent metastatic cancer.


The objective: to determine the place of perioperative PCT in the algorithm of complex treatment of patients with high-grade bladder cancer (HGBC) and its influence on survival rates.


Materials and methods. We performed retrospective analysis of medical histories of 522 patients with HGBC, who were treated in 1998-2016. Using the Kaplan-Mayer statistical method, we did a comparative analysis of the survival of HGBC patients who did and did not undergo perioperative CT as part of a comprehensive treatment.


Results. Perioperative CT was performed in 97 (18.6 %) patients, including neoadjuvant CT in only 4 (0.8 %) patients. Only among stage IV HGBC patients the adjuvant CT demonstrated significant differences towards better survival compared to patients without CT (p=0.004), with a 5-year survival rate of 18 % vs. 4 % in relevant groups. In the treatment of patients with stages I, II and III, no statistically significant differences in survival rates were found. The highest average survival rates of patients receiving PCT were found in patients treated with salvage cystectomy (68 months). Survival of patients after TUR, resection, RCE were similar (37-43 months) and do not differ statistically. The worst survival rates were in patients who did not receive surgical treatment and were treated with CT and radiotherapy only (9 months).


Conclusions. Postoperative chemotherapy significantly improved the survival of Stage IV HGBC patients after surgery, with 5-year survival of 18 % vs. 4 %. The best average survival rates (68 months) were demonstrated in the group of patients after salvage cystectomy.

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How to Cite
Yakovlev, P. (2021). Perioperative Chemotherapy in the Complex Treatment of Patients with High-grade Bladder Cancer. Health of Man, (1), 91–94. https://doi.org/10.30841/2307-5090.1.2021.232539
Section
Oncology
Author Biography

Pavlo Yakovlev, Feofaniya Clinical Hospital of State Management of Affairs of Ukraine

Pavlo G. Yakovlev,

Head of the Center of Urology and Oncourology

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