Bladder cancer: epidemiology, staging and grading, and diagnosis

Z Kirkali, T Chan, M Manoharan, F Algaba, C Busch… - Urology, 2005 - Elsevier
Bladder cancer is a heterogeneous disease with a variable natural history. At one end of the
spectrum, low-grade Ta tumors have a low progression rate and require initial endoscopic …

The effect of age and gender on bladder cancer: a critical review of the literature

SF Shariat, JP Sfakianos, MJ Droller… - BJU …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
While patient age and gender are important factors in the clinical decision‐making for
treating urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (UCB), there are no evidence‐based …

EUROCARE-4. Survival of cancer patients diagnosed in 1995–1999. Results and commentary

M Sant, C Allemani, M Santaquilani, A Knijn… - European journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
EUROCARE-4 analysed about three million adult cancer cases from 82 cancer registries in
23 European countries, diagnosed in 1995–1999 and followed to December 2003. For each …

[HTML][HTML] EUROCARE-3: survival of cancer patients diagnosed 1990–94—results and commentary

M Sant, T Aareleid, F Berrino, MB Lasota, PM Carli… - Annals of …, 2003 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT EUROCARE-3 analysed the survival of 1815584 adult cancer patients
diagnosed from 1990 to 1994 in 22 European countries. The results are reported in tables …

Incidence, survival and mortality rates of stage-specific bladder cancer in United States: a trend analysis

F Abdollah, G Gandaglia, R Thuret, J Schmitges… - Cancer …, 2013 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To examine the overall and stage-specific age-adjusted incidence, 5-year
survival and mortality rates of bladder cancer (BCa) in the United States, between 1973 and …

Female gender and carcinoma in situ in the prostatic urethra are prognostic factors for recurrence, progression, and disease-specific mortality in T1G3 bladder cancer …

J Palou, RJ Sylvester, OR Faba, R Parada, JA Peña… - European urology, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Controversy exists over the most important prognostic factors in T1 high-
grade non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) patients treated with bacillus Calmette …

Sex and racial differences in bladder cancer presentation and mortality in the US

E Scosyrev, K Noyes, C Feng, E Messing - Cancer, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUD: Sex, race, and age at diagnosis have a significant impact on mortality from
bladder cancer (BC). Women, African Americans of both sexes, and the elderly, all …

Impact of gender on bladder cancer incidence, staging, and prognosis

H Fajkovic, JA Halpern, EK Cha, A Bahadori… - World journal of …, 2011 - Springer
Introduction While patient gender is an important factor in the clinical decision-making for the
management of bladder cancer, there are minimal evidence-based recommendations to …

[HTML][HTML] Competing mortality in patients diagnosed with bladder cancer: evidence of undertreatment in the elderly and female patients

AP Noon, PC Albertsen, F Thomas, DJ Rosario… - British journal of …, 2013 - nature.com
Background: Bladder cancer (BC) predominantly affects the elderly and is often the cause of
death among patients with muscle-invasive disease. Clinicians lack quantitative estimates of …

Sex disparities in diagnosis of bladder cancer after initial presentation with hematuria: a nationwide claims‐based investigation

JA Cohn, B Vekhter, C Lyttle, GD Steinberg… - Cancer, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Women have disproportionately higher mortality rates relative to incidence
for bladder cancer. Multiple etiologies have been proposed, including delayed diagnosis …