Survival differences among patients with bladder cancer according to sex: Critical evaluation of radical cystectomy use and delay to treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Sex differences in bladder cancer survival are well known. However, the effect of type of treatment, timing to surgery when rendered, and survival outcomes according to sex have not been extensively examined. Given the relatively low incidence of bladder cancer in females, large multicenter and population-based studies are required to elucidate sex differences in survival. In this study, we sought to characterize the effect of use and timing of radical cystectomy (RC) according to sex and survival outcomes.

Methods

A total of 9,907 patients aged 66 years or older diagnosed with clinical stage II to IV N0M0 bladder cancer from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2011 from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare data were analyzed. We used multivariable regr

SUBMITTER: Williams SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8364004 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature