Mind the gap: What is driving the survival disparity between the sexes in bladder cancer?
Menée aux Etats-Unis à partir de données portant sur 23 981 patients atteints d'un cancer de la vessie de stade avancé, cette étude analyse les disparités, en fonction du sexe du patient, dans le recours à une chimiothérapie et dans la survie globale
Precis Bladder cancer is well known to preferentially afflict men. However, women are significantly more likely to die of the disease even when corrected for stage, tumor characteristics, and age. In this issue of Cancer, Rose and colleagues highlight concerning disparities in bladder cancer treatment and outcomes between the sexes.
Cancer , éditorial, 2015