Five-year overall survival of patients with advanced bladder cancer in Kazakhstan: OSURK registry study.

Background: The goals of the OSURK registry study were to assess 5-year overall survival (OS) in patients with metastatic urothelial cancer diagnosed in 2017 in Kazakhstan and collect data on the use of various treatment options in routine clinical practice.

Methods: Patients with newly diagnosed metastatic bladder cancer (BC) were retrospectively identified in the national register of Kazakhstan (ERCP) between January 2017 and January 2018. ERCP is the biggest register in the country and includes patient data from 17 regions.