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We have followed a large population of patients receiving radiation treatment for bladder carcinoma with respect to survival and recurrence-free survival. Bivariate and multivariate life table analyses have been performed using a set of independent variables. The most important were T class, grade (G), urinary carcinoembryonic antigen (U-CEA) taken before treatment and cytological analysis 4 months after treatment. We compared the usual way of classifying a patient (T+G) with the combination of U-CEA and cytology since the latter two variables seemed to have great prognostic importance. The analyses show that T+G gives the best significance for survival (P=0.0003) while U-CEA and cytology is better for recurrence-free survival (ρ=0.0002). 0.0002).
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Nilsson, B., Wahren, B., Esposti, P.L. et al. Prediction of survival and recurrence in bladder carcinoma. Urol. Res. 10, 109–113 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00255951
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