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We agree that the wide variability in postoperative chemotherapy use observed in our study underscores the need to increase guideline-consistent care for nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer. The physician factors we examined – including physician age, years employed at our institution, specialty training in oncology, and experience treating bladder cancer – did not explain the treatment variability. As Dr. Schroeck noted, other physician factors, such as the level of concern about side effects or awareness of and ag reement with guidelines, may be important contributors to treatment variability.
Source: Urology - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Source Type: research