Clinical Study

Management of Bladder Cancer following Solid Organ Transplantation

Table 1

Characteristics of patients with nonmuscle-invasive TCC of the bladder.

Patient number1, 234567

Age at transplant667782666345
Type of transplantLiverRenalRenalRenalLiverRenal
Age at diagnosis667983726547
ImmunosuppressionFK, MMF, PredFK, PredFKFK, MMFFK, PredFK, Pred
Clinical stageT1NxMxT1NxMxTisNxMxTisNxMxTisNxMxT1N0Mx
HistologyTCCTCCCISCISCISTCC
GradeLowLowHighHighHighHigh
TreatmentTURBTTURBTTURBTTURBTTURBTCystectomy, ureteroureterostomy
Adjuvant therapyNoneBCGBCGBCGBCGMitomycin C
Followup (months)28, 244036844298
RecurrenceNoneLocalLocalNoneLocalNone

FK: tacrolimus; MMF: mycophenolate mofetil; Pred: prednisone; CIS: carcinoma in site; TURBT: transurethral resection bladder tumor; BCG: bacille-Calmette Guerin.