Cystectomy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer: Patterns and outcomes of care in the medicare population

To describe the population-based patterns of care among patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer.A retrospective cohort study using the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER)-Medicare database identified 4664 patients aged 65 years or older with muscle-invasive bladder cancer diagnosed between 1991 and 1999. The use of particular treatment modalities was evaluated according to the clinical and demographic characteristics available...