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The use of adjuvant chemotherapy (AC) in pure urothelial carcinoma of the bladder is established. Regarding variant histology, there is a gap in knowledge concerning the optimal treatment after radical cystectomy (RC). The objective of this study was to assess the effect of AC on overall survival (OS) in patients who had pure urothelial carcinoma, urothelial carcinoma with concomitant...
BACKGROUNDThis was an external validation of the prognostic benefit of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) marker panel in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC).
METHODSImmunohistochemistry for 5 mTOR pathway markers was performed on tissue microarrays of patients with nonmetastatic ccRCC treated surgically at 4 centers. The markers employed were phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN),...
BACKGROUNDApproximately 1.7 million individuals per year are affected with health care‐associated infections (HAIs) in the United States. The authors examined trends in the incidence of HAI after major cancer surgery (MCS) and risk factors for HAI to describe the effects of HAI on mortality after MCS.
METHODSPatients undergoing 1 of 8 MCS procedures within the Nationwide Inpatient Sample between...
BACKGROUND:The authors explored the effect of Leapfrog volume thresholds (LVTs) on 5 short‐term radical prostatectomy (RP) outcomes.
METHODS:Within the Health Care Utilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), the authors focused on RPs performed within the 7 most contemporary years (2001‐2007). They tested rates of in‐hospital mortality, intraoperative complications, postoperative complications,...
BACKGROUND:Socioeconomic status represents an established barrier to health care access. Age, sex, and race may also play a role. The authors examined whether these affect the access to high‐volume hospitals for uro‐oncologic procedures in the United States.
METHODS:Within the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), the authors focused on radical prostatectomy (RP), radical cystectomy, and nephrectomy...
BACKGROUND:Race represents an established barrier to health care access in the United States and elsewhere. We examined whether race affects the utilization rate of minimally invasive radical prostatectomy (MIRP) in a population‐based sample of individuals from the United States.
METHODS:Within the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), we focused on patients in...
BACKGROUND:Private insurance status may favorably affect various health outcomes including those associated with radical prostatectomy (RP). We explored the effect of insurance status on 5 short‐term RP outcomes.
METHODS:Within the Health Care Utilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) we focused on RPs performed within the 5 most contemporary years (2003‐2007). We tested the rates of...
BACKGROUND:Previous reports indicated that African‐American men with testicular germ cell tumors (TGCTs) have more aggressive tumor characteristics and less favorable outcomes than other men. The authors of this report evaluated the effects of race and socioeconomic status (SES) on stage distribution, overall mortality (OM), and cancer‐specific mortality (CSM) in men with TGCTs.
METHODS:The Surveillance,...
BACKGROUND:Conditional survival (CS) implies that, on average, long‐term cancer survivors have a better prognosis than newly diagnosed individuals. The objective of the current study was to devise an accurate predictive tool that accounts for CS in men diagnosed with penile cancer.
METHODS:Overall, 1245 patients treated with primary tumor excision (PTE) for pT1‐3M0 squamous cell carcinoma of the...
BACKGROUND:Several studies have demonstrated that abnormal levels of nuclear matrix protein 22 (NMP22) are associated with bladder cancer and have led to the approval of NMP22 as a urinary biomarker by the US Food and Drug Administration. Nonetheless, the clinical significance of NMP22 remains unclear. The objective of this study was to use decision analysis to determine whether NMP22 improves medical...
BACKGROUND.Patients treated with radical cystectomy represent a very heterogeneous group with respect to cancer‐specific and other‐cause mortality. Comorbidities and comorbidity‐associated events represent very important causes of mortality in those individuals. The authors examined the rates of cancer‐specific and other‐cause mortality in a population‐based radical cystectomy cohort.
METHODS.The...
BACKGROUND:Nephroureterectomy is the surgical standard of care for patients with upper urinary‐tract urothelial carcinoma. The objectives of the current study were to identify the most informative predictors of cancer‐specific mortality after nephroureterectomy, to devise an algorithm capable of predicting the individual probability of cancer‐specific mortality, and to compare its prognostic accuracy...
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