Re: Nielsen N.K, Hjort P.B, Hansen E.B, et al. Substaging and stratified treatment of T1 bladder cancer – a nationwide register‑based study. Eur Urol Open Sci 2026;90:92‑100
Xin Li, Yapeng Xing · 2026
Read Re: Nielsen N.K, Hjort P.B, Hansen E.B, et al. Substaging and stratified treatment of T1 bladder cancer – a nationwide register‑based study. Eur Urol Open Sci 2026;90:92‑100 by Xin Li, Yapeng Xing (2026) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-13602213.txt.
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Xin Li and Yapeng Xing write a 2026 letter about a Danish study of early bladder cancer care. The study sorted tumors by how deep they grew into the bladder wall and guided care by that split. Deeper tumors fared worse, and one in five patients who had the bladder removed early already had deeper disease than first thought.
The letter warns against one leap: the split marks risk, but it does not prove early bladder removal helps. Care was assigned using the same marker, which skews the comparison, and many deeper cases left the follow-up analysis. Missing data on grade, size, and repeat surgery findings cloud the signal further.
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| CREATOR | Xin Li, Yapeng Xing |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |