Volume 57, Issue 1, Pages 25-31 (January 2010) Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Is Superior to a Combination of Epirubicin and Interferon-α2b in the Intravesical Treatment of Patients with Stage T1 Urinary Bladder Cancer. A Prospective, Randomized, Nordic Study Miloš Duchek, Robert Johansson, Staffan Jahnson, Oddvar Mestad, Pekka Hellström, Sverker Hellsten, Per-Uno Malmström European Urology Volume 57, Issue 1, Pages 25-31 (January 2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2009.09.038 Copyright © 2009 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 Treatment and assessment schedule. TURB=Transurethral resection of the bladder*; R=randomisation; Pex=multiple biopsies; BCG=bacillus Calmette-Guérin; IFN=interferon-α2b; Epi=epirubicin. * If no tumour, TURB at primary location; second look refers to TURB at the primary tumour location plus mapping. European Urology 2010 57, 25-31DOI: (10.1016/j.eururo.2009.09.038) Copyright © 2009 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions
Fig. 2 Flow of patients. BCG=bacillus Calmette-Guérin; Epi=epirubicin; IFN=interferon-α2b. European Urology 2010 57, 25-31DOI: (10.1016/j.eururo.2009.09.038) Copyright © 2009 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions
Fig. 3 Disease-free survival of patients according to randomisation arm (p=0.01). DFS=disease-free survival; BCG=bacillus Calmette-Guérin. European Urology 2010 57, 25-31DOI: (10.1016/j.eururo.2009.09.038) Copyright © 2009 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions
Fig. 4 Progression-free survival of patients according to randomisation arm. DFS=disease-free survival; BCG=bacillus Calmette-Guérin. European Urology 2010 57, 25-31DOI: (10.1016/j.eururo.2009.09.038) Copyright © 2009 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions
Fig. 5 Disease-free survival in subgroups according to (a) Tis (p<0.001), (b) grade 2 (p=0.09), and (c) grade 3 (p=0.055) status. DFS=disease-free survival; BCG=bacillus Calmette-Guérin; CIS=carcinoma in situ; Epi=epirubicin; IFN=interferon-α2b. European Urology 2010 57, 25-31DOI: (10.1016/j.eururo.2009.09.038) Copyright © 2009 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions
Fig. 6 Frequency of patients (%) with subjective urinary problems during treatment months. BCG=bacillus Calmette-Guérin; Epi=epirubicin; IFN=interferon-α2b. European Urology 2010 57, 25-31DOI: (10.1016/j.eururo.2009.09.038) Copyright © 2009 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions