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Bladder cancer may be superficial or infiltrating in the bladder wall. Age-specific incidence rates rise gradually from around age 50–54 in both males and females, with a sharper rise in males from age 60–64, to peak in both sexes in the 85+ age group. Only 5 % of patients are younger than 50 years old. The prognosis, the treatment modalities, and the sexual consequences are very different for superficial and infiltrating bladder cancers, so it is practical to discuss them separately.
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Meinhardt, W. (2017). Sexual Problems Related to Bladder Cancer. In: Reisman, Y., Gianotten, W. (eds) Cancer, Intimacy and Sexuality. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43193-2_18
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