Variation in treatment policies and outcome for bladder cancer in the Netherlands

Catharina A. Goossens Laan (1) , Otto Visser (2) , Michel W.J.M. Wouters (3) , Jan-Willem W. Coebergh (4) , Cornelis J.H. van de Velde (5) , Maarten. C.C.M. Hulshof (6) , Paul J.M. Kil (1)

1 department of Urology
2 Comprehensive Cancer Centre Amsterdam
3 Department of Surgical Oncology
4 Comprehensive Cancer Centre South
5 LUMC - Leiden University Medical Center
6 Department of Radiotherapy

To describe the population-based variation in treatment policies and outcome for bladder cancer in the Netherlands.

Mots clés: Bladder cancer; mortality rate; treatment; volume surgery; population-based

Catharina A. Goossens Laan, Otto Visser, Michel W.J.M. Wouters, Jan-Willem W. Coebergh, Cornelis J.H. van de Velde, et al.. Variation in treatment policies and outcome for bladder cancer in the Netherlands. EJSO - European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2010, 36, ⟨10.1016/j.ejso.2010.06.003⟩. ⟨hal-00612398⟩