Impact of age >70 years on oncological outcomes in patients with non‐muscle‐invasive bladder cancer treated with Bacillus Calmette–Guérin
Contieri R, Grajales V, Tan W, Martini A, Sood A, Hensley P, Bree K, Lobo N, Nogueras‐Gonzalez G, Guo C, Navai N, Dinney C, Kamat A. Impact of age >70 years on oncological outcomes in patients with non‐muscle‐invasive bladder cancer treated with Bacillus Calmette–Guérin. BJU International 2023, 133: 63-70. PMID: 37442564, PMCID: PMC10787034, DOI: 10.1111/bju.16127.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-muscle-invasive bladder cancerBacillus Calmette-GuerinCancer-specific mortalityCompeting-risk regression analysisCohort of patientsOncological outcomesFood and Drug AdministrationHG recurrenceAssociated with adverse oncologic outcomesHigh-gradeImpact of ageInstitutional review board-approved retrospective studyBacillus Calmette-Guerin instillationsIntravesical BCGCumulative incidence of progressionAdverse oncologic outcomesIncidence of progressionAssociation of advanced ageUnited States Food and Drug AdministrationStates Food and Drug AdministrationCumulative incidence methodPredictors of progressionStudy's primary outcomeBCG instillationRegression analysis