How cancer-specific mortality changes over time after radical cystectomy: Conditional survival of patients with nonmetastatic urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder.

CONCLUSIONS CONDITIONAL SURVIVAL: showed a direct relationship between event-free follow-up duration and survival probability. Conditional CSM-free estimates increased in proportion with event-free follow-up but also resulted in equally proportional increase in attrition rates.
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Source: Urologic Oncology - July 7, 2019 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Palumbo C, Mistretta FA, Knipper S, Pecoraro A, Tian Z, Shariat SF, Saad F, Simeone C, Briganti A, Antonelli A, Karakiewicz PI Tags: Urol Oncol Source Type: research