ABSTRACT
To study, through a series of superficial bladder tumors, the prognostic factors of recurrence and tumoral progression. this is a retrospective study of a series of 59 urothelial tumors of the bladder at stage pTa or pTl. The following parameters were considered: age, sex, treatment, stage and grade. The chi square test was used in search of a correlation between the different parameters and the course [recurrence and progress] of the disease. A multivariate analysis was undertaken by integrating factors correlated with the course. Thirty two tumors [54%] had recurred versus 27 [46%] without recurrence. Light tumors [25%] progressed in grade and 4 [12,5%] had become infiltrative. Age beyond 65 years. tumoral size > 3 cm and rnultifocality were predictive factors of recurrence with a relative risks of 2.36, 3,28 and 3,88 respectively. In a multivariate analysis, these factors remained significant with adjusted relative risks respectively of 1,36, 1,6 and 1,7