Bladder cancer
NEW --- Treatment approaches for patients diagnosed with (very) high-risk NMIBCSelma (82 years old)
Selma, 82 years old, enjoys sharing old folktales and wisdom with her grandchildren. She presented with episodes of macroscopic haematuria.
Assessment summary:
- ECOG PS: 2
- Medical history: congestive heart failure, obesity
- Cystoscopy:
- 3 papillary tumours, 1 tumour close to a ureteral orifice
- Largest tumour diameter: 3.5 cm
- Urine cytology: HG UCa (according to the Paris system)
- Conventional TURBT: resection visually complete, pathological review:
- pT1 HG
- Pure UCa
- No LVI
- Muscle in specimen
- CT urography: cN0, no concomitant upper tract tumour
She underwent a second TURBT, which revealed no residual papillary tumour.