LOCAL RECURRENCE AFTER CYSTECTOMY AND SURVIVAL OF PATIENTS WITH BLADDER CANCER: A POPULATION BASED STUDY IN GREATER AMSTERDAM

Survival is higher than the European average but below the value in the United States. Only 1 of 3 stages II-III cases was treated with cystectomy. Relatively high stage specific survival is experienced after cystectomy despite local recurrence in 1 of 5 patients.