Despite the sustained trend of decreasing overall cancer incidence, the number of elderly
patients with cancer will considerably increase in the coming years, as the incidence of …

Background Bladder cancer is closely related to occupational carcinogens, and China is
undergoing a rapid industrialization. However, trend of bladder cancer incidence and …

Evidence has shown that patients with bladder cancer are diagnosed at a much older age
compared with those with other cancers. Given that co-morbidities and frailty are prevalent in …

Purpose: Half of patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer worldwide may not receive
curative-intent therapy. Elderly or frail patients are most affected by this unmet need. TAR …

Background Treatment choice for muscle invasive bladder cancer continues to be radical
cystectomy. However, radical cystectomy carries a relatively high risk of morbidity and …

Background The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the prognosis of patients
who had been diagnosed with muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) and did not receive …

Background Organ-sparing treatment for muscle-invasive bladder cancer by maximal
transurethral removal of the tumor (TURB) followed by chemoradiation (CRT) has shown …

Purpose: To present the outcomes of a pilot study with hyperthermia (HT) and radiotherapy
(RT) in elderly patients of muscle-invasive bladder cancers (MIBC) unfit for surgery or …

Radical cystectomy has been widely accepted as the standard treatment in muscle-invasive
bladder cancer. However, removal of the bladder requires urinary diversions and …

Background We aimed to investigate the association of frailty with treatment selection in
patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) as frailty is one of the key factors for …