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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 Kulkarni
Published 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.
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