Publications by authors named "Mateus Silva Santos Costa"
Purpose: To evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the care of patients with bladder cancer in a tertiary oncology center.
Materials And Method: We performed a retrospective analysis of patients admitted to a tertiary cancer center for the treatment of bladder cancer between 2019 and 2022. Surgical volumes, patient demographics, clinical characteristics, and postoperative outcomes were compared across these years.
Predicting individual outcomes after radical cystectomy in urothelial variants with Cancer of the Bladder Risk Assessment (COBRA) score.
Caio Vinícius Suartz Maurício Dener Cordeiro Luiz Antonio Assan Botelho Fábio Pescarmona Gallucci David Hamilton Cho Mateus Silva Santos Costa
World J Urol
March 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to validate the Cancer of the Bladder Risk Assessment (COBRA) score specifically for patients with urothelial variants of bladder cancer who underwent radical cystectomy.
- Data were collected from 680 patients, with notable findings on the prevalence and prognosis of various urothelial variants, including squamous and micropapillary types.
- The COBRA score was found to be an effective tool in predicting overall survival and cancer-specific survival particularly for patients with micropapillary variants, supporting its use in risk stratification after surgery.