Sex differences in treatment patterns for non-advanced muscle-invasive bladder cancer:a descriptive analysis of 3484 patients of the Netherlands Cancer Registry

Purpose: Bladder cancer (BC) is a common malignancy with well-established differences in incidence, clinical manifestation and outcomes between men and women. It is unknown to what extent disparities in outcomes are influenced by differences in treatment approaches. This paper describes treatment patterns among men and women with muscle-invasive BC focusing on curative treatment (radical cystectomy or trimodal therapy). Methods: A retrospective population-based cohort study was performed with data from the Netherlands Cancer Registry. All patients newly diagnosed with muscle-invasive, non-adva... Mehr ...