Research Article

Radical Cystectomy after BCG Immunotherapy for High-Risk Nonmuscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer in Patients with Previous Prostate Radiotherapy

Table 1

Demographics of patients treated with radical cystectomy for BCG failure stratified by previous prostate radiotherapy exposure.

Group 1 (RT) Group 2 (RP) Group 3 (no PC/RT) P-value

No. of patients12 6 35
Mean age 72.9 ± 4.69 66.9 ± 5.18 64.2 ± 10.4 0.0065
Clinical stage 0.47
CIS 5 (42) 1 (17) 8 (23)
Ta 1 (8) 1 (17) 4 (11)
T1 6 (50) 4 (66) 23 (66)
Any CIS features preop 5 (42) 2 (33) 21 (60) 0.33
Diversion type
Ileal conduit 8 (66) 1 (17) 13 (22) 0.09
Continent diversion 4 (33) 5 (83) 22 (63)
Orthotopic neobladder 0 5 (83) 17 (49)
Indiana pouch 4 (33) 0 5 (14)
Estimated blood loss (mL) 683 ± 326 640 ± 169 789 ± 522 0.65
Intraoperative complication 1 (8) 0 1 (3) 0.61
Transfusion 1 (8) 0 9 (26) 0.19
Time to RC from PC diagnosis (years) 6.2 ± 4.3 5.5 ± 2.0 0.68

Numbers represent mean ± SD or no. (%) as appropriate.
RC: radical cystectomy.