[Prognosis in pT3b infiltrating tumors of the bladder treated by adjuvant chemotherapy].

Objective: To evaluate the prognosis of stage pT3bM0 invasive urothelial bladder tumours treated by cystectomy alone or combined with adjuvant chemotherapy according to the MVAC protocol (methotrexate, vinblastine, adriamycin and cisplatin).

Material And Methods: From 1987 to 1996, 90 patients with stage pT3M0 urothelial bladder tumours were treated with isolated cystectomy (n = 69) or followed by MVAC chemotherapy (n = 21). Lymph node stage was N0 (n = 55), N+ (n = 29) or Nx (n = 6).