Increased Risk of Recurrence of Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer Associated With Psychological Distress: A Prospective Cohort Study

Abstract

Bladder cancer is the 10th most common cancer in the world, accounting for 3% of all malignant tumors. Almost 550,000 people are diagnosed with bladder cancer, and 210,000 people die of bladder cancer every year. 1 Ninety percent of all bladder cancers are urothelial carcinomas pathologically. Among newly diagnosed urothelial carcinoma patients, NMIBC ac-