Socioeconomic and insurance status are independent prognostic indicators of higher disease stage and worse prognosis in bladder cancer.

CONCLUSIONS: Lower SES status, Medicaid insurance, and having no insurance were all predictive of having higher tumor stage. Independent of tumor stage, being of lower SES, having Medicaid insurance, and having no insurance predicted worse OS and DSS. PMID: 31076355 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Urologic Oncology - May 7, 2019 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Nazemi A, Ghodoussipour S, Pearce S, Bhanvadia S, Daneshmand S Tags: Urol Oncol Source Type: research