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[Concomitant oncopathological changes in the prostate of urinary bladder cancer patients undergoing radical
B K Komyakov1, A V Sergeev1, V A Fadeev1
1Department of Urology, I.I. Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University of Minzdrav of Russia, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Aim:
To determine the incidence of spreading bladder transitional cell carcinoma and primary adenocarcinoma to the prostate in patients with bladder cancer undergoing radical cystectomy.
Materials And Methods:
From 1995 to 2016, 283 men underwent radical cystectomy with removal of the bladder, perivesical tissue, prostate, seminal vesicles and pelvic lymph nodes. Prostate sparing cystectomy was performed in 45 (13.7%) patients. The whole prostate and the apex of the prostate were preserved in 21 (6.4%) and 24 (7.3%) patients, respectively.
Results And Discussion:
The spread of transitional cell cancer of the bladder to the prostate occurred in 50 (15.2%) patients. Twelve (3.6%) patients were found to have primary prostate adenocarcinoma. Clinically significant prostate cancer was diagnosed in 4 (33.3%) patients.
Conclusion:
We believe that the high oncological risk of prostate sparing cystectomy, despite some functional advantages, dictates the need for complete removal of the prostate in the surgical treatment of bladder cancer.
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