Compliance with guidelines for patients with bladder cancer

BACKGROUND: Clinical practice guidelines for the management of patients with bladder cancer encompass strategies that minimize morbidity and improve survival. In the current study, the authors sought to characterize practice patterns in patients with high-grade non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer in relation to established guidelines. METHODS: Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER)-Medicare–linked data were used to identify subjects...