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Table 2 Summary of follow-up results

From: Treatment efficacy and tolerability of intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) - RIVM strain: induction and maintenance protocol in high grade and recurrent low grade non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC)

Total number of patients

 

60

Disease recurrence

No

44(73.3%)

 

Yes

16(26.7%)

 

Histology of recurrence

T1-High grade

4(25.0%)

  

Ta-High grade

2(12.5%)

  

Ta-Low grade

10(62.5%)

 

Salvage therapy

Cystectomy

4(25.0%)

  

Mitomycine C

6(37.5%)

  

Surveillance cystoscopy & TURBT

6(37.5%)

Further recurrence

No

52(86.7%)

 

Yes

8(13.3%)

 

Histology further recurrence

T1-Low grade

1(12.5%)

  

Ta-Low grade

7(87.5%)

 

Further Salvage therapy

Cystectomy

1(12.5%)

  

Mitomycine C

2(25%)

  

Surveillance cystoscopy & TURBT

5(62.5%)

Disease progression

No

55(91.7%)

 

Yes

5( 8.3%)

 

Histology of progression

T1-High grade

3(60.0%)

  

T2

2(40.0%)

 

Further Salvage therapy

Cystectomy

2(40.0%)

  

Surveillance cystoscopy & TURBT

2(40.0%)

  

Systemic chemotherapy

1(20.0%)

Outcome

Alive

58(96.7%)

 

Death from other cause ( one, myocardial infarction and one, sepsis secondary to perforated neobladder)

2(3.3%)