Publications by authors named "P F Black"

Article Synopsis
  • Bladder cancer (BCa) presents a significant financial challenge for both healthcare systems and patients, necessitating an understanding of its economic impacts for better resource management and treatment effectiveness.
  • A systematic review was performed following PRISMA guidelines to assess the financial implications of BCa, including various costs, cost effectiveness, and the phenomenon of financial toxicity (FT) across multiple studies.
  • High-risk non-muscle-invasive BCa can lead to expenses over $200,000 within five years, while metastatic BCa presents the most financial strain, with treatment costs ranging wildly and disproportionately affecting younger, less-educated, and minority groups.
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Background And Objective: Non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) patients treated with additional bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) may become unresponsive to BCG. Recently, sequential intravesical gemcitabine and docetaxel (gem/doce) are being used for NMIBC. This study aims to compare oncologic outcomes between sequential intravesical gem/doce versus additional BCG in patients with BCG-unresponsive NMIBC.

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