Surgically treated transitional cell carcinomas of the bladder. The role of radical surgery.

Objective: To assess the treatment outcome and differentiate between the individual behavior of the tumor stages that were studied (Ta, T1, and T2a) with special reference to T2a tumors.

Methods: This study was carried out at Al-Rasheed Military Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq, during a 12 year period. Fifty-six patients with Ta, T1, and T2a (superficial invasion of muscularis propria) transitional cell carcinomas of the bladder, have been retrospectively analyzed.