Treatment decisions of bladder cancer in patients older than 85 years: a SEER-based analysis 2011-2015.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To compare the survival outcomes of patients over 85 years of age with bladder cancer.

Methods

We used data collected from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. Kaplan-Meier (KM) curves were generated for overall survival with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Cox proportional hazard models were used to estimate the hazard ratios among cases in different groups.

Results

Of the 9,321 patients who met the inclusion criteria, 6,703 (71.9%) were men and 2,618 (28.1%) were women, with a mean (standard deviation) age of 88.68 (3.216) years. The median follow-up time of this cohort was 18 months. In the low-grade non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (LG NMIBC) group, our analysis showed that no further treatment led to a better prognosis aft

SUBMITTER: Zhu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9641082 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature