Survival after radical cystectomy of non-bilharzial squamous cell carcinoma vs urothelial carcinoma: a competing-risks analysis.

  • Firas Abdollah
  • Maxine Sun
  • Claudio Jeldres
  • Jan Schmitges
  • Rodolphe Thuret
  • Orchidee Djahangirian
  • Zhe Tian
  • Shahrokh F Shariat
  • Paul Perrotte
  • Francesco Montorsi
  • Pierre I Karakiewicz

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Abstract

•? To test the effect of histological subtype (NBSCC vs UC) on cancer-specific mortality (CSM), after adjusting for other-cause mortality (OCM). •? In Western countries, non-bilharzial squamous cell carcinoma (NBSCC) is the second most common histological subtype in bladder cancer (BCa) after urothelial carcinoma (UC).

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Original languageEnglish
Article number4
ISSN1464-4096
Publication statusPublished - 2012
pubmed 21810161