Witjes - Figure 5
Risk Groups: Intermediate
FIG. 5: The intermediate-risk group is defined as "the rest" by the EAU,[2] but is specified by the AUA[1] as the recurrent or multifocal Ta tumors and high-grade small Ta tumors. The red text in the Figure highlights the differences between the AUA and the EAU definitions. In the intermediate-risk group the AUA places high-grade Ta tumors, which would be high grade for the EAU, and in the high-risk group the AUA includes BCG failures, variant histology, and other very unfavorable prognostic factors such as lymphovascular invasion and involvement of the prostatic urethra.
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