Bladder cancer: worse survival in women from deprived areas

In a case-note review of 120 women and 227 men presenting with muscle-invasive bladder tumours in 1998, survival was worse for women in 3 years of follow-up, with the greatest difference, of 19.9%, at 6 months. For more deprived women, 6-month survival was 52.3%, and 32 (37.2%) presented with advanc...

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Autores principales: Moran, A, Sowerbutts, A-M, Collins, S, Clarke, N, Cowan, R
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2004
Materias:
Epidemiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2409491/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15150549
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6601847
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Sumario:In a case-note review of 120 women and 227 men presenting with muscle-invasive bladder tumours in 1998, survival was worse for women in 3 years of follow-up, with the greatest difference, of 19.9%, at 6 months. For more deprived women, 6-month survival was 52.3%, and 32 (37.2%) presented with advanced disease, compared with 73.5%, and three (8.8%) for less deprived women.

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