Cost of Bladder Cancer Care: A Single-center Comparison of Radical Cystectomy and Trimodal Therapy.
Diana E MageeDouglas C CheungAmanda E HirdPeter ChungPadraig WardeCharles CattonAlejandro BerlinAlexandre ZlottaNeil E FleshnerGirish S KulkarniPublished in: Urology practice (2023)
In appropriately selected patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer where trimodal therapy costs are not prohibitive and are lower than in radical cystectomy. With increasing follow-up time after primary treatment, the cost difference between modalities may be mitigated by the need for bladder surveillance and salvage therapy in the trimodal therapy cohort.