Predicting survival in bladder cancer with a novel apoptotic gene-related prognostic model.

Background: Apoptosis and apoptotic genes play a critical role in the carcinogenesis and progression of bladder cancer. However, there is no prognostic model established by apoptotic genes.

Methods: Messenger RNA (mRNA), Expression data, and related clinical data were obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database and Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database.