An overview of patients with urothelial bladder cancer over the past two decades: a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To explore the overall trends of incidence rate (IR), mortality and survival outcomes of patients with urothelial bladder cancer (UBC) over the past two decades.

Methods

Patients diagnosed with UBC from 1993 to 2012 were extracted from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Result (SEER) 18 database. Baseline characteristics and treatment types of included patients were collected retrospectively. Moreover, the age-adjusted IRs and annual percent changes (APCs) were obtained. Afterwards, we calculated the standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) for bladder cancer (BC), cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all-cause mortality by comparing UBC cases with the general population. Finally, survival outcomes of UBC patients were analyzed and compared.

Results

A total of

SUBMITTER: Zang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7791213 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature