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ArticleAnnals of translational medicine2020

An overview of patients with urothelial bladder cancer over the past two decades: a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) study.

Yan Zang, Xiao Li, Yifei Cheng, Feng Qi, Ningli Yang

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Article in Annals of translational medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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Yan ZangDepartment of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Xiao LiDepartment of Urologic Surgery, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital & Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research & Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Yifei ChengDepartment of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Feng QiDepartment of Urologic Surgery, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital & Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research & Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Ningli YangDepartment of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.

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Abstract

backgroundTo explore the overall trends of incidence rate (IR), mortality and survival outcomes of patients with urothelial bladder cancer (UBC) over the past two decades.

methodsPatients diagnosed with UBC from 1993 to 2012 were extracted from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Result (SEER) 18 database. Baseline characteristics and treatment types of included patients were collected retrospectively. Moreover, the age-adjusted IRs and annual percent changes (APCs) were obtained. Afterwards, we calculated the standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) for bladder cancer (BC), cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all-cause mortality by comparing UBC cases with the general population. Finally, survival outcomes of UBC patients were analyzed and compared.

resultsA total of 220,405 UBC patients were identified, including 167,036 (75.79%) male patients and 53,369 (24.21%) female patients, with an average age of 70.84 years old. Most patients were White (89.85%), with older age (71.67%, >65 years old), lower T stage diseases (78.11%, < T2) and lower median household income (55.37%). When compared with patients diagnosed between 1993 and 2002, those diagnosed between 2003 and 2012 had older age (mean: 71.15

conclusionsThe IR of UBC increased slightly before 2003 and remained stable after 2003. UBC patients had higher CVD burden than the general population. Hence, cardiovascular health should be emphasized to reduce mortality after UBC diagnosis. Lastly, survival outcomes of UBC patients in the last two decades showed no significant difference.

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Incidencemortalitysurvivalthe Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Result (SEER)urothelial bladder cancer (UBC)

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