[Bladder cancer in elderly patients].

Seventy of the 205 patients treated for bladder cancer in the past 8 years were over 70 years old (older group). The male to female ratio was 2.2 in older group, and that for the younger group was 4.1. The incidence of high grade cancer was larger in the older group than in the younger group. The 5-year survival rate was 42% for the older group and 66% for the younger group. The older patients with superficial cancer died mostly because of other causes and those with invasive cancer died of cancer. Eight cases of high grade, low stage cancer were treated by TUR or radiation, and they were well-controlled.