Mario de Angelis, Andrea Baudo, Carolin Siech, Letizia Maria Ippolita Jannello, Francesco Di Bello, Jordan A Goyal, Zhe Tian, Nicola Longo, Ottavio de Cobelli, Felix K H Chun, Fred Saad, Shahrokh F Shariat, Luca Carmignani, Giorgio Gandaglia, Marco Moschini, Francesco Montorsi, Alberto Briganti, Pierre I Karakiewicz
INTRODUCTION: Trimodal therapy (TMT) is the most validated bladder-sparing treatment for organ-confined urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder (OC UCUB, namely cT2N0M0). However, it is unknown if barriers to the use of TMT or cancer-specific mortality (CSM) differences exist according to race/ethnicity. We addressed this knowledge gap. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Within the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database (2004-2020), we identified OC UCUB patients aged from 18 to 85 treated with radical cystectomy (RC) or TMT...
March 20, 2024: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities