Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer: Difference between revisions
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*# '''Grade (most important)''' | *# '''Grade (most important)''' | ||
*#* '''Grade more important than stage''' (unlike other cancers where stage is more important) | *#* '''Grade more important than stage''' (unlike other cancers where stage is more important) | ||
*## | *##'''High-grade tumors progress with similar frequency regardless of whether they are invasive (T1) or non-invasive (Ta)''' | ||
*## | *##'''Stage Ta are usually LG; however, ≈7% of Ta disease is HG''' | ||
*# '''Stage (second most important)''' | *# '''Stage (second most important)''' | ||
*#* TaLG: high recurrence rate (≈55%), but much lower stage '''progression rate ≈6%''' | *#* TaLG: high recurrence rate (≈55%), but much lower stage '''progression rate ≈6%''' | ||