title: The survival of patients with bladder tumors treated by surgery: comparative results of an old and a recent series.
abstract: A review of a large number of patients with bladder tumors treated primarily by an operation during approximately 4 decades indicates that survival of patients with papillomas and superficial carcinomas essentially was unchanged. Recently, patients with invasive cancers who have been treated have enjoyed a modest improvement in the 5-year survival rate, which was at least in part the result of a diminished postoperative mortality rate.
mesh_terms: D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*