2016
DOI: 10.1159/000447361
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How Octogenarians with Bladder Cancer Are Treated in a Maximum-Care Hospital: The Real-Life Experience

Abstract: Introduction: With increasing life expectancy, curative treatment of octogenarians with urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (UCB) becomes more important. Materials and Methods: The treatment modalities of 276 octogenarians with UCB who were treated at the University Hospital of Erlangen between 1982 and 2011 were assessed retrospectively. Results: One hundred forty-six patients had non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) while 71 had muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). No data was available for 59 patien… Show more

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“…Potential alternative are represented by chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or bladder-preserving trimodal therapy. Although data concerning chemo or radiotherapy alone are still insufficient to make recommendations and the equivalence of trimodal therapy remains to be proven, only 10-20% of octogenarians with MIBC undergo RC [15][16][17]. Obviously, the main factors limiting the use of RC in very elderly patients are represented by significant risks of perioperative morbidity and mortality.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Potential alternative are represented by chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or bladder-preserving trimodal therapy. Although data concerning chemo or radiotherapy alone are still insufficient to make recommendations and the equivalence of trimodal therapy remains to be proven, only 10-20% of octogenarians with MIBC undergo RC [15][16][17]. Obviously, the main factors limiting the use of RC in very elderly patients are represented by significant risks of perioperative morbidity and mortality.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A major prerequisite for success is a well‐established interdisciplinary team that coordinates the multimodal treatment for patients with bladder cancer. At our hospital, we have offered patients of all age groups the option of multimodal bladder‐preservation treatment since 1982 . In the early days, all patients were treated with radiotherapy alone.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Routine markers that predict response to chemotherapy are of importance and may help in the tailoring of the treatment [7,8]. Biomarker initiatives have been initiated [9][10][11], but no marker was subsequently validated and used in clinical routine.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%