Spinal cord injury with neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction as a potential risk factor for bladder carcinoma

Aktuelle Urologie
Ralf BöthigKlaus Golka

Abstract

Life expectancy for people with spinal cord injury/disease (SCI/D) is increasing, due to modern advances in treatment methods and in neuro-urology. However, with the increased life expectancy the risk of developing urinary bladder cancer is gaining importance. How is this patient group different from the general population? Single-centre retrospective evaluation of consecutive patient data with spinal cord injury and proven urinary bladder cancer. Between January 1st 1998 and March 31st 2017, 32 (3 female, 29 male) out of a total of 6432 patients with SCI/D were diagnosed with bladder cancer.The average age at bladder cancer diagnosis was 54.5 years, which is well below the average for bladder cancer cases in the general population (male: 74, female: 75).Twenty-seven patients suffered from urodynamically confirmed neurogenic detrusor overactivity, while five patients (all male) had detrusor acontractility.The median latency period between the onset of SCI/D and tumor diagnosis was 29.5 years. Temporary indwelling catheterisation was found in four patients for only 1.61 % of the overall latency period of all patients.The majority of the patients (n = 27) had transitional cell carcinoma, while five had squamous cell carcinoma. Of...Continue Reading

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Jul 11, 2020·Spinal Cord Series and Cases·Gianluca SampognaMichele Spinelli

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