Prognostic value and reproducibility of different microscopic characteristics in the WHO grading systems for pTa and pT1 urinary bladder urothelial carcinomas

• Main Authors: Vebjørn Kvikstad (Author), Ok Målfrid Mangrud (Author), Einar Gudlaugsson (Author), Ingvild Dalen (Author), Hans Espeland (Author), Jan P. A. Baak (Author), Emiel A. M. Janssen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background European treatment guidelines for pTa and pT1 urinary bladder urothelial carcinoma depend highly on stage and WHO-grade. Both the WHO73 and the WHO04 grading systems show some intra- and interobserver variability. The current pilot study investigates which histopathological featu...