Racial disparity in quality of care and overall survival among black vs. white patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer treated with radical cystectomy: A national cancer database analysis

With an estimated 79,030 new diagnoses and 16,870 deaths in 2017, bladder cancer is the 5th most common cancer in the U.S. and conveys the highest mortality among urological malignancies [1]. Despite the significant improvement seen in cancer survival over the last three decades, racial disparities are persistent and most pronounced in Black (non-Hispanic) men and women [2]. Black patients as compared to White (non-Hispanic) patients exhibit half the bladder cancer incidence but show significantly greater mortality.
Source: Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Tags: Original Article Source Type: research