Micropapillary Versus Urothelial Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder: Stage at Presentation and Efficacy of Chemotherapy Across All Stages-A SEER-based Study
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Micropapillary Versus Urothelial Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder: Stage at Presentation and Efficacy of Chemotherapy Across All Stages-A SEER-based Study. / Deuker, Marina; Stolzenbach, L Franziska; Collà Ruvolo, Claudia; Nocera, Luigi; Mansour, Mila; Tian, Zhe; Roos, Frederik C; Becker, Andreas; Kluth, Luis A; Tilki, Derya; Shariat, Shahrokh F; Saad, Fred; Chun, Felix K H; Karakiewicz, Pierre I.
In: EUR UROL FOCUS, Vol. 7, No. 6, 11.2021, p. 1332-1338.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Micropapillary Versus Urothelial Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder: Stage at Presentation and Efficacy of Chemotherapy Across All Stages-A SEER-based Study
AU - Deuker, Marina
AU - Stolzenbach, L Franziska
AU - Collà Ruvolo, Claudia
AU - Nocera, Luigi
AU - Mansour, Mila
AU - Tian, Zhe
AU - Roos, Frederik C
AU - Becker, Andreas
AU - Kluth, Luis A
AU - Tilki, Derya
AU - Shariat, Shahrokh F
AU - Saad, Fred
AU - Chun, Felix K H
AU - Karakiewicz, Pierre I
N1 - Copyright © 2020. Published by Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2021/11
Y1 - 2021/11
N2 - BACKGROUND: Stage-specific guideline recommendations are lacking for chemotherapy in micropapillary carcinoma of the urinary bladder (MCUB).OBJECTIVE: To test the efficacy of stage-specific chemotherapy for MCUB.DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Within the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) registry (2001-2016), we identified patients with MCUB and pure urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder (UCUB) of all stages.OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: Kaplan-Meier survival analyses and multivariate Cox regression models were used to determine cancer-specific mortality (CSM) in addition to power analyses.RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS: Of 210 491 patients of all stages, 518 (0.2%) harboured MCUB versus 209 973 (99.8%) UCUB. Stage at presentation was invariably higher in MCUB than in UCUB patients. Of the MCUB patients, 223 (43.1%) received chemotherapy versus 42 921 (20.4%) of the UCUB patients. In MCUB patients, chemotherapy improved CSM-free survival significantly in metastatic stage (hazard ratio [HR] 0.36, p = 0.04). Longer median CSM-free survival was also associated with chemotherapy use in addition to radical cystectomy (RC) versus RC alone in non-organ-confined MCUB (HR 0.69, p = 0.2). Additional power analyses revealed an underpowered comparison. Finally, no CSM difference was recorded in organ-confined MCUB according to the use of chemotherapy in addition to RC versus RC alone (HR 0.98, p = 1).CONCLUSIONS: Stage at presentation was invariably higher in MCUB than in UCUB patients. Very important CSM reduction was associated with chemotherapy use in metastatic MCUB. A promising protective effect of perioperative chemotherapy might also be applicable to non-organ-confined MCUB, but without sufficient statistical power. Conversely, no association was recorded in organ-confined MCUB.PATIENT SUMMARY: Patients with micropapillary carcinoma of the urinary bladder (MCUB) present in higher tumour stages than those with urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder. Chemotherapy for MCUB is effective in metastatic stages, but of no beneficial effect in organ-confined stage. In not-yet-metastatic but already non-organ-confined stages, we did not have enough observations to show a statistically significant protective effect of chemotherapy.
AB - BACKGROUND: Stage-specific guideline recommendations are lacking for chemotherapy in micropapillary carcinoma of the urinary bladder (MCUB).OBJECTIVE: To test the efficacy of stage-specific chemotherapy for MCUB.DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Within the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) registry (2001-2016), we identified patients with MCUB and pure urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder (UCUB) of all stages.OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: Kaplan-Meier survival analyses and multivariate Cox regression models were used to determine cancer-specific mortality (CSM) in addition to power analyses.RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS: Of 210 491 patients of all stages, 518 (0.2%) harboured MCUB versus 209 973 (99.8%) UCUB. Stage at presentation was invariably higher in MCUB than in UCUB patients. Of the MCUB patients, 223 (43.1%) received chemotherapy versus 42 921 (20.4%) of the UCUB patients. In MCUB patients, chemotherapy improved CSM-free survival significantly in metastatic stage (hazard ratio [HR] 0.36, p = 0.04). Longer median CSM-free survival was also associated with chemotherapy use in addition to radical cystectomy (RC) versus RC alone in non-organ-confined MCUB (HR 0.69, p = 0.2). Additional power analyses revealed an underpowered comparison. Finally, no CSM difference was recorded in organ-confined MCUB according to the use of chemotherapy in addition to RC versus RC alone (HR 0.98, p = 1).CONCLUSIONS: Stage at presentation was invariably higher in MCUB than in UCUB patients. Very important CSM reduction was associated with chemotherapy use in metastatic MCUB. A promising protective effect of perioperative chemotherapy might also be applicable to non-organ-confined MCUB, but without sufficient statistical power. Conversely, no association was recorded in organ-confined MCUB.PATIENT SUMMARY: Patients with micropapillary carcinoma of the urinary bladder (MCUB) present in higher tumour stages than those with urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder. Chemotherapy for MCUB is effective in metastatic stages, but of no beneficial effect in organ-confined stage. In not-yet-metastatic but already non-organ-confined stages, we did not have enough observations to show a statistically significant protective effect of chemotherapy.
U2 - 10.1016/j.euf.2020.08.010
DO - 10.1016/j.euf.2020.08.010
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 32962961
VL - 7
SP - 1332
EP - 1338
JO - EUR UROL FOCUS
JF - EUR UROL FOCUS
SN - 2405-4569
IS - 6
ER -