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  • Title: [Bladder cancer survival, study of 557 cases identified at the autonomous community of La Rioja from 1975 to 1991].
    Author: Fernández Fernández A, Blanco Martín E, Angulo Castellanos MG, Gil Fabra J, Fernández Ruiz M, Otero Mauricio G.
    Journal: Arch Esp Urol; 1997 Apr; 50(3):260-4. PubMed ID: 9265449.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To analyze survival in 557 cases of bladder cancer that had been detected in La Rioja (Spain) from 1975 to 1991. METHODS/RESULTS: The Kaplan Meier and Mantel and Haenszel methods were used for the statistical analyses. The survival rate for each 5-year period analyzed was 69%, 58% and 73%, respectively. Most deaths occurred within the first 24 months. The survival rates were 25%, 21% and 0%, respectively, for infiltrating tumors and 84%, 76% and 85% for superficial tumors was of the. The survival rates for males and females were not statistically significant. CONCLUSION: The survival rate in patients with bladder cancer has increased. Patients with infiltrating bladder tumors have a worse prognosis. The survival rates for males and females are not statistically significantly different.
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