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Competing mortality in patients diagnosed with bladder cancer: evidence of undertreatment in the elderly and female patients

BACKGROUND: Bladder cancer (BC) predominantly affects the elderly and is often the cause of death among patients with muscle-invasive disease. Clinicians lack quantitative estimates of competing mortality risks when considering treatments for BC. Our aim was to determine the bladder cancer-specific...

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Autores principales: Noon, A P, Albertsen, P C, Thomas, F, Rosario, D J, Catto, J W F
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3629420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23481180
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2013.106