Al-Azhar International Medical Journal
Clinicopathological and Treatment Outcome of patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer
By Ahmed Salem, Hassan Khaled and Mohamed Ahmed.
Abstract
Background
Bladder cancer is a significant global health problem and one of the most common malignancies affecting the urinary tract. It arises from the epithelial lining of the bladder, known as the urothelium, which is constantly exposed to carcinogens excreted in the urine.
Aim
The primary aim was to analyze the clinical and pathological characteristics of patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer, and the secondary aim was to assess the staging and treatment outcome. Subjects and methods: This retrospective study included 65 patients with a pathologically confirmed diagnosis of bladder cancer referred to the Clinical Oncology and Nuclear Medicine Department, El-Hussein University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, during the period between January 2020 and December 2024.