Open AccessDisparities in long-term radiographic follow-up after cystectomy for bladder cancer: Analysis of the SEER-Medicare database
Author(s) -
Shaheen Alanee,
Sabha Ganai,
Priyanka Gupta,
Holland Bradley,
Danuta Dynda,
Joel W. Slaton
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
urology annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 0974-7834
pISSN - 0974-7796
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7796.164852
Subject(s) - medicine , cystectomy , quartile , odds ratio , confidence interval , bladder cancer , multivariate analysis , comorbidity , cancer , surgery
It is uncertain whether there are disparities related to receiving long-term radiographic follow-up after cystectomy performed for bladder cancer, and whether intensive follow-up influences survival.