Relative survival is the most common method used for measuring survival from population-based registries. However, the relative survival concept of ‘survival as far as the cancer is concerned’ can be biased due to differing non-cancer risk of death in the population with cancer (competing risks).
In terms of medical costs, prostate cancer is on the increase as one of the most costly cancers, posing a tremendous economic burden, but evidence on the health care utilization and medical expenditure of prostate cancer has been absent in China.
To evaluate the clinical value of 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT negativity in patients with biochemical recurrent prostate cancer (BCR). One hundred three BCR patients (median age, 70 years; median PSA, 0.
Italy is facing the COVID-19 outbreak with an abrupt reorganization of its national health-system, in order to augment care provision to symptomatic patients. The sudden shift of personnel and resources towards COVID-19 care has led to the reduction of surgery, with possible severe drawbacks.
We aim to assess the risk of infection during urologic surgeries. Therefore possible hazards in tissue, blood, urine and aerosolized particles generated during surgery, are evaluated. Understanding the risk, recommendations for clinical practice are provided.
The objective of this study was to evaluate risk factors for bacillus Calmette-Guerin-induced prostatitis in patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer following bacillus Calmette-Guerin therapy.
Purpose: To investigate the effect of repeated transurethral procedures under general anesthesia on overall mortality in patients with non-invasive bladder cancer.Materials and methods: All Danish residents with non-invasive papillary urothelial carcinoma or primary urothelial carcinoma in situ diagnosed between 1 January 2000 and 1 January 2011 were included and followed until death or 31 March […]
Unlike the established evidence to use chemotherapy for urothelial carcinoma of the bladder, presently there are insufficient data to inform a recommendation on upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma treatment.
To compare overall survival (OS) outcomes in pN1-3 disease at the time of radical cystectomy (RC) for muscle invasive bladder according to the neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) status. This multicenter study included 450 consecutive patients undergoing RC for muscle-invasive urothelial bladder cancer with pN1-3 pM0 disease from 2010 to 2019.
Health literacy is increasingly being recognized as a widespread public health challenge in Europe. This commentary explores the importance of health literacy amongst cancer patients (ie, cancer literacy) and examines how cancer literacy can be improved through the practical application of health literacy principles within the context of providing timely, patient-centered, value-based care in Europe.
