Figures & data
Figure 1. The age-standardized incidence bladder cancer per 100,000 inhabitants in Sweden stratified by gender (men: dark yellow; women: yellow).
![Figure 1. The age-standardized incidence bladder cancer per 100,000 inhabitants in Sweden stratified by gender (men: dark yellow; women: yellow).](/cms/asset/ed06c85e-6c55-444a-92b5-21325f56bb4c/isju_a_2041086_f0001_c.jpg)
Table 1. The EAU 2021 prognostic risk groups based on WHO 1973 and/or WHO 2016 grading system.
Table 2. Probabilities of disease progression to muscle invasion or distant metastases at 1, 5 and 10 years according to the EAU 2021 prognostic risk groups.
Figure 2. Annual proportion (%) of patients with bladder cancer stage T1–T4 or upper tract urothelial carcinoma discussed at a multidisciplinary tumor board (MDT) between 2016 and 2020 in Sweden stratified by health care region (Uppsala-Örebro (
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![Figure 2. Annual proportion (%) of patients with bladder cancer stage T1–T4 or upper tract urothelial carcinoma discussed at a multidisciplinary tumor board (MDT) between 2016 and 2020 in Sweden stratified by health care region (Uppsala-Örebro (Display full size), Northern (Display full size), Southern (Display full size), Stockholm-Gotland (Display full size), Southeastern (Display full size) and Western (Display full size) health care regions) as well as visualizing the compiled national proportion (Display full size).](/cms/asset/973f6c6c-f7c2-44de-85db-6abfa6ef218c/isju_a_2041086_f0002_c.jpg)
Figure 3. Proportion (%) of patients with bladder cancer stage T1–T4 or upper tract urothelial carcinoma discussed at a multidisciplinary tumor board (MDT) between 2016 and 2020 in Sweden stratified by region. Each blue bar represents a region and the yellow bar the whole Swedish population, where the colours delineate p-values compared to the national proportions with the following colour-codes
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![Figure 3. Proportion (%) of patients with bladder cancer stage T1–T4 or upper tract urothelial carcinoma discussed at a multidisciplinary tumor board (MDT) between 2016 and 2020 in Sweden stratified by region. Each blue bar represents a region and the yellow bar the whole Swedish population, where the colours delineate p-values compared to the national proportions with the following colour-codes Display full size p <0.01, Display full size p < 0.05.](/cms/asset/5e091b23-84cd-4389-8b50-10332c1acaac/isju_a_2041086_f0003_c.jpg)
Figure 4. Proportion of patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer with the presence of detrusor muscle in the resected specimen between 2018 and 2020 stratified by treating hospital. Each blue bar represents a hospital and the yellow bar the whole Swedish population, where the colours delineate p-values compared to the national proportions with the following colour-codes
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![Figure 4. Proportion of patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer with the presence of detrusor muscle in the resected specimen between 2018 and 2020 stratified by treating hospital. Each blue bar represents a hospital and the yellow bar the whole Swedish population, where the colours delineate p-values compared to the national proportions with the following colour-codes Display full size p < 0.01, Display full size p < 0.05 .](/cms/asset/6a287959-3028-4d05-952b-ed775d2d3e03/isju_a_2041086_f0004_c.jpg)
Figure 5. Annual proportion (%) of patients with bladder cancer stage T1–T4 or upper tract urothelial carcinoma receiving a patient navigator at diagnosis in Sweden stratified by health care region (Uppsala-Örebro (
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![Figure 5. Annual proportion (%) of patients with bladder cancer stage T1–T4 or upper tract urothelial carcinoma receiving a patient navigator at diagnosis in Sweden stratified by health care region (Uppsala-Örebro (Display full size), Northern (Display full size), Southern (Display full size), Stockholm-Gotland (Display full size), Southeastern (Display full size) and Western (Display full size) health care regions) as well as visualizing the compiled national proportion (Display full size).](/cms/asset/fe8fa501-92ae-4b67-878a-44f1df3d8e9e/isju_a_2041086_f0005_c.jpg)
Table 3. Main differences between the new Swedish national guidelines and the current EAU guidelines from 2021.