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Table 2 Patients and pathological characteristics

From: Diagnosis of micrometastasis in muscle invasive bladder cancer through immunohistochemistry analysis: is there indication for routine evaluation?

Variable

N (%)

Follow-up (months)

48 (1–249)

Age (mean)

66 (39 – 87)

Smoking

 No

20 (32.7)

 Yes

41 (67.2)

Hydronephrosis

 No

36 (59.0)

 Yes

25 (41.0)

ASA classification

 1

4 (6.5)

 2

36 (59.0)

 3

21 (34.5)

Histology

 Urothelial carcinoma

58 (95,1)

 CIS

2 (3.1)

 Without Tumor

1(1,6)

pT stage

 T0

3 (4,9)

 Tis

2 (3.2)

 Ta

6 (9.8)

 T1

9 (14.8)

 T2

16 (26.2)

 T3a

8 (13.1)

 T3b

7 (11.5)

 T4

12 (19.7)

Histological grade

 Low

18 (31.0)

 High

40 (69.0)

Pathologic grade

 0

3 (4,9)

 1

6 (9,8)

 2

12 (19,7)

 3

26 (42,6)

 4

14 (26)

Vascular invasiona

 No

44 (84.6)

 Yes

8 (15.4)

Lymphatic invasiona

 No

33 (63.4)

 Yes

19 (36.5)

Perineural invasiona

 No

26 (76.4)

 Yes

8 (23.6)

Disease progression

 No

42 (68.9)

 Yes

19 (31.1)

Cancer Survival

 12 m

(82,4)

 24 m

(68)

 36 m

(61,8)

 48 m

(50,9)

 60 m

(45,2)

  1. aExcluding missing cases