Treatment Related to Urinary Tract Infections Is Associated with Delayed Diagnosis of Urinary Bladder Cancer: A Nationwide Population-based Study
We found that for patients with bladder cancer, previous antibiotic treatment for a urinary tract infection was linked to more advanced disease at diagnosis. Further studies are needed to identify reasons for possible delays in the diagnosis of bladder cancer.
Authors
- Lars Holmberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4417-7396)
- Viveka Ströck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2050-6466)
- Truls Gårdmark (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4610-0771)
- Fredrik Liedberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8193-0370)
- Oskar Hagberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5997-9813)
- Per‐Uno Malmström (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8572-9957)
- Tomas Jerlström (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4615-5238)
- Staffan Jahnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8012-2742)
- Firas Abdul-Sattar Aljabery (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8072-3625)
- Christel Häggström (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6808-4405)
- Karin Söderkvist (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3683-3763)
- Anders Ullén (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9023-3259)
- Abolfazl Hosseini
Institutions
- Linköping University (SE)
- Uppsala University (SE)
- Karolinska University Hospital (SE)
- Lund University (SE)
- Örebro University (SE)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Skåne University Hospital (SE)
- University of Gothenburg (SE)
- Umeå University (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Urology Oncology
- Published
- 2024-08-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euo.2024.07.008
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Urinary Tract Infections Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.55