Real-world treatment patterns, survival outcomes, and health care resource utilization for locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma in Spain.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Real-world evidence on locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (la/mUC) management in Spain is limited. This study describes patient characteristics, treatment patterns, survival, and health care resource utilization (HCRU) in this population.

Methods/patients

This retrospective observational study included all adults with a first diagnosis/record of la/mUC (index date) from January 2015 to June 2020 at nine university hospitals in Spain. Data were collected up to December 31, 2020 (end of study), death, or loss to follow-up. Patient characteristics, treatment patterns, median overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) from index date (Kaplan-Meier estimates), and disease-specific HCRU were described.

Results

Among 829 patients, medi

SUBMITTER: Puente J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12033175 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature