Association of Age with Non–muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer: Unearthing a Biological Basis for Epidemiological Disparities?
Lobo N, Duan Z, Sood A, Tan W, Grajales V, Contieri R, Lindskrog S, Dyrskjøt L, Zhao H, Giordano S, Williams S, Bree K, Kamat A. Association of Age with Non–muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer: Unearthing a Biological Basis for Epidemiological Disparities? European Urology Oncology 2024, 7: 1069-1079. PMID: 38302322, DOI: 10.1016/j.euo.2024.01.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-muscle-invasive bladder cancerBladder cancer-specific mortalitySEER-Medicare dataSEER-MedicareAge disparitiesTumor biologyAdequate cancer careEnd Results (SEER)-MedicareSEER-Medicare cohortBladder cancerUROMOL cohortOncological outcomesMultivariate general linear modelCancer-specific mortalitySEER-Medicare patientsMultinomial logistic regressionAssociation of ageAssociated with inferior oncological outcomesCompeting-risks regressionCancer careAdvanced ageT1 non-muscle-invasive bladder cancerHigh risk of recurrenceClinical stage TaMultivariable competing-risks regression