Bladder cancer
Follow-up surveillance regimes for low-/intermediate-risk NMIBCAlbert (70 years old)
Albert, a 70-year-old retired veterinarian, now enjoys spending his summers volunteering for a sea turtle rescue organization.
He was initially diagnosed with low-risk NMIBC. He received 1 immediate chemotherapy instillation after TURBT.
Follow-up cystoscopy after 6 months shows a 1 cm papillary tumour and TURBT is performed. Visual appearance suggests a low-stage and LG and he received again 1 immediate chemotherapy instillation. The pathology report confirms urothelial cancer pTa LG (muscle in specimen, no lymphovascular invasion).
He received adjuvant chemotherapy instillations for 1 year. In the meantime, no recurrences were detected during follow-up.
His follow-up visit at 12 months:
- Cystoscopy: negative
- Cytology: negative