We aimed at assessing the impact of non-urothelial variant histology (VH), relative to urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder (UCUB), on cancer-specific mortality (CSM) in T2N0M0 bladder cancer patients treated with trimodal therapy (TMT). TMT patients treated for T2N0M0 bladder cancer were identified within the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database (2000-2018). Patients who underwent TMT received trans-urethral resection of the bladder tumor, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. CSM-FS rates were tested using Kaplan-Meier plots and multivariable Cox-regression (MCR) models according to histological subtype: UCUB vs. neuroendocrine carcinoma vs. squamous cell carcinoma vs. adenocarcinoma. A total of 3846 T2N0MO bladder cancer patients treated with TMT were identified. Of these, 3627 (94.3%) harbored UCUB, while 105 (2.7%), 85 (2.2%), and 29 (0.8%) harbored neuroendocrine carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and adenocarcinoma, respectively. In Kaplan-Meier analyses, 3-yr CSM-FS rates were 57% for UCUB, 51% for neuroendocrine carcinoma, 35% for squamous cell carcinoma, and 60% for adenocarcinoma (p-value < 0.0001). In MCR models, only squamous cell carcinoma exhibited higher CSM than UCUB (HR 1.98, 95%CI 1.5-2.61, p-value < 0.001). Despite the small number of observations, squamous cell carcinoma distinguished itself from UCUB based on worse survival in T2N0M0 patients after TMT.
Cancers. 2022 Nov 23*** epublish ***
Francesco Barletta, Stefano Tappero, Andrea Panunzio, Reha-Baris Incesu, Cristina Cano Garcia, Mattia Luca Piccinelli, Zhe Tian, Giorgio Gandaglia, Marco Moschini, Carlo Terrone, Alessandro Antonelli, Derya Tilki, Felix K H Chun, Ottavio de Cobelli, Fred Saad, Shahrokh F Shariat, Francesco Montorsi, Alberto Briganti, Pierre I Karakiewicz
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, Division of Urology, University of Montréal Health Center, Montréal, QC H2X 0A9, Canada., Unit of Urology/Division of Oncology, Gianfranco Soldera Prostate Cancer Lab, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy., Department of Urology, IRCCS Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genova, Italy., Department of Urology, University of Verona, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, 37126 Verona, Italy., Martini-Klinik Prostate Cancer Center, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany., Department of Urology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany., Department of Urology, IEO European Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, 20141 Milan, Italy., Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.