Naina Wakode, Kushagra Bajpai, Tanwi Trushna, Santosh Wakode, Kushagra Garg, Ankur Wakode
Influence of Sociodemographic Factors on Stunting, Wasting, and Underweight Among Children Under Two Years of Age Born During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Central India: A Cross-Sectional Study
Cureus
background muscleinvasive bladder cancer mibc potentially fatal disease especially setting locally advanced nodepositive disease adverse outcomes also primarily associated lowincome status reported cancers adoption neoadjuvant cisplatinbased chemotherapy nac followed radical cystectomy rc pelvic lymph node dissection plnd improved outcomes standardofcare treatments may underutilized lowerincome patients sought investigate economic disparities nac plnd receipt survival outcomes mibc methods utilizing national cancer database retrospective cohort analysis ct24n03m0 bca patients urothelial histology underwent rc conducted impact income level overall survival os likelihood receiving nac plnd evaluated results total 25823 patients included study found lowerincome patients less likely receive nac adequate plnd 15 lns moreover lowerincome patients exhibited worse os median os 559 months vs 682 months p 0001 findings also demonstrated higher income treatment academic facilities recent years diagnosis associated increased likelihood receiving standardofcare modalities improved survival conclusions even controlling clinicodemographic variables income independently influenced receipt standard mibc treatments survival findings identify opportunity improve quality care lowerincome mibc patients concerted efforts regionalize multimodal urologic oncology care