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Chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or combination first-line treatment for metastatic urothelial carcinoma of the bladder: A large real-world experience.

Sanjana RanganathanCarlos RiverosJiaqiong XuSiqi HuMichael GengEmily HuangZachary MelchiodeJun ZhangEleni EfstathiouKeith Syson ChanChristopher J D WallisGuru SonpavdeRaj Satkunasivam
Published in: Urologic oncology (2024)
Patients with older age and more comorbidities were more likely to receive immunotherapy than chemotherapy for first-line treatment of metastatic urothelial carcinoma of the bladder. Utilization of chemoimmunotherapy was observed to be higher in academic centers and was associated with improved survival compared to chemotherapy.
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