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ArticleJournal of racial and ethnic health disparities2025

The effect of race/ethnicity on cancer-specific mortality after trimodal therapy.

Mario de Angelis, Andrea Baudo, Carolin Siech, Letizia Maria Ippolita Jannello, Francesco Di Bello, Jordan A Goyal, Zhe Tian, Nicola Longo, Ottavio de Cobelli, Felix K H Chun and 8 more

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Article in Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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18 authors.

Mario de AngelisCancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, Division of Urology, University of Montréal Health Center, Montréal, Québec, Canada. deangelis.mario@hsr.it.ORCID 0009-0008-0494-7839
Andrea BaudoCancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, Division of Urology, University of Montréal Health Center, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Carolin SiechCancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, Division of Urology, University of Montréal Health Center, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Letizia Maria Ippolita JannelloCancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, Division of Urology, University of Montréal Health Center, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Francesco Di BelloCancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, Division of Urology, University of Montréal Health Center, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Jordan A GoyalCancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, Division of Urology, University of Montréal Health Center, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Zhe TianCancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, Division of Urology, University of Montréal Health Center, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Nicola LongoDepartment of Neurosciences, Science of Reproduction and Odontostomatology, University of Naples Federico II, 80131, Naples, Italy.
Ottavio de CobelliDepartment of Urology, IEO European Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Via Ripamonti 435, Milan, Italy.
Felix K H ChunGoethe University Frankfurt Am Main, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany.
Fred SaadCancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, Division of Urology, University of Montréal Health Center, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Shahrokh F ShariatDepartment of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Luca CarmignaniDepartment of Urology, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy.
Giorgio GandagliaDivision of Experimental Oncology/Unit of Urology, URI, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
Marco MoschiniDivision of Experimental Oncology/Unit of Urology, URI, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
Francesco MontorsiDivision of Experimental Oncology/Unit of Urology, URI, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
Alberto BrigantiDivision of Experimental Oncology/Unit of Urology, URI, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
Pierre I KarakiewiczCancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, Division of Urology, University of Montréal Health Center, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionTrimodal therapy (TMT) is the most validated bladder-sparing treatment for organ-confined urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder (OC UCUB, namely cT2N0M0). However, it is unknown if barriers to the use of TMT or cancer-specific mortality (CSM) differences exist according to race/ethnicity. We addressed this knowledge gap. MATERIAL AND

methodsWithin the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database (2004-2020), we identified OC UCUB patients aged from 18 to 85 treated with radical cystectomy (RC) or TMT. Temporal trends described TMT versus RC use over time. Subsequently, in the subgroup of TMT-treated patients, survival analyses consisting of Kaplan-Meier plots and multivariable Cox regression (MCR) models addressed CSM according to race/ethnicity.

resultsAmong 19,501 assessable patients, 15,336 (79%) underwent RC versus 4165 TMT (21%). Overall, of all races/ethnicities, 16,245 (83.3%) were White Americans, 1215 (6.3%) Hispanics, 1160 (5.9%) African Americans, and 881 (4.5%) Asian/Pacific Islanders. Among TMT-treated patients, 3460 (83.1%) were White Americans, 298 (7.1%) African Americans, 218 (5.3%) Hispanics, and 189 (4.5%) Asian/Pacific Islanders. The lowest rate of TMT use relative to RC and TMT patients was recorded in Hispanics (17.9%). Over time, TMT use increased in White Americans (EAPC: + 4.5%, p = 0.001) and Asians/Pacific Islanders (EAPC: + 5.2%, p = 0.003), but not in others. Kaplan-Meier analyses showed median CSM of 49 months, 41 months, and 34 months and not reached in White Americans, Hispanics, African Americans, and Asian/Pacific Islanders, respectively (p = 0.02). In MCR models, two race/ethnicity subgroups independently predicted either worse (African Americans, HR: 1.20, p = 0.02) or better CSM (Asian/Pacific Islanders, HR: 0.75, p = 0.02).

conclusionRace/ethnicity affects both access to TMT (lower access in Hispanics) as well as survival after TMT (better in Asians/Pacific Islanders and worse in African Americans).

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Carcinoma, Transitional CellEthnicityRacial GroupsUrinary Bladder NeoplasmsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCombined Modality TherapyCystectomyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSEER ProgramUnited StatesBladder cancerCancer-specific mortalityMIBCRace ethnicityTMTTrimodal therapyUrothelial carcinoma

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