The Impact of Academic Facility Type and Case Volume On Survival in Patients Undergoing Curative Radiotherapy for Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer

We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients in the National Cancer Database with muscle-invasive bladder cancer undergoing curative radiotherapy to identify whether the facility type and treating facility's case volume impact survival outcomes. When controlling for disease extent and treatment characteristics, patients at academic and non-academic facilities and low and high volume facilities had similar survival outcomes. Thus bladder-sparing curative radiotherapy should be discussed and offered confidently at most centers.

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