To assess the impact of carcinoma in situ (CIS) on oncologic outcomes in patients who underwent radical cystectomy, with a focus on those who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) including patients with down-staging to ≤ pT1cancer after chemotherapy.
All patients who underwent radical cystectomy for urothelial cancer with curative intent from 1985 to 2011 were included. The impact of CIS on recurrence free and overall survival (OS) was assessed in the whole cohort and a subgroup who received NAC as well as those with response to chemotherapy and down-staging to ≤ pT1.
A total of 2518 patients with a median follow-up period of 9 years were included. Among all, 1397 (55.5%) had concomitant CIS on final pathology. CIS was associated with high risk pathologic features including high-grade disease, multifocality, and nodal involvement as well as worse recurrence free survival (RFS) with no impact on OS. We did not find a significant association between CIS and oncologic outcomes in a subset of patients who received NAC including those with down-staging to ≤ pT1 disease. In multivariate analysis, CIS had no association with either recurrence free or OS.
Concomitant CIS in radical cystectomy specimens is associated with decreased RFS; however, in multivariate analysis, it was not an independent predicting factor of oncologic outcomes. Moreover, the impact of CIS on oncologic outcomes in a subset of patients who received NAC was insignificant.
International urology and nephrology. 2019 Jan 31 [Epub ahead of print]
Erfan Amini, Nariman Ahmadi, Thomas G Clifford, Cory M Hugen, Soroush T Bazargani, Jie Cai, Gus Miranda, Andy E Sherrod, Siamak Daneshmand, Hooman Djaladat
Institute of Urology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA., Department of Pathology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA., Institute of Urology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. .