Background Traditional surgical risk indices are notoriously inaccurate, especially for the
elderly, so there has been a trend to evaluate frailty instead. Objective To describe a …

Background/aims Socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with late disease presentation
and poorer outcomes. We evaluate the effect of SES on treatment outcomes and report the …

Introduction We sought to characterize national disparities in the diagnosis of advanced
stage bladder cancer. Among patients with advanced disease, we explored disparities in …

Bladder cancer remains a common and insidious disease in the United States, with more
than 81,400 new cases and 17,980 deaths in 2020. 1 Its disproportionate effect on the …

Purpose To examine postoperative complications after radical cystectomy (RC) and creation
of an ileum conduit (IC) or a neobladder (NB), and to identify preoperative risk factors in a …

Objectives We assessed recent trends in both urinary diversion after radical cystectomy for
bladder cancer in the United States and patient-and hospital-related characteristics. We also …

Objectives Bladder cancer is the fourth most common cancer among males and poses a
significant financial burden, yet there are no large-scale studies focused on the correlation …

Introduction This study aims to disentangle heterogeneity in the survival of bladder cancer
(BC) patients of different socioeconomic status (SES) by identifying potential mediators of …

Purpose of Review A review of the impact of several key patient characteristics on oncologic
outcomes in bladder cancer (BC) summarized and analyzed in a narrative fashion. Recent …

Background There are limited data on the oncologic outcomes of upper tract urothelial
carcinoma with isolated lymph node (LN) involvement (pN+ M0) following surgical resection …