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Table 1 Comparison of clinicopathological parameters of conventional UC, PUC and MPC urothelial carcinomas treated with radical cystectomy and adjuvant cisplatin based chemotherapy

From: Plasmacytoid variant of bladder cancer defines patients with poor prognosis if treated with cystectomy and adjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy

 

Total

UC

PUC

MPC

P-Value*

Age

    

0.057**

Range

29-75

29-75

46-70

56-70

 

Mean

60.9

61.0

57.9

62.3

 

Median

61.7

61.9

59.3

60.8

 

Gender

205

178

18

9

0.116

Female

45 (22%)

43 (24%)

2 (11%)

0 (0%)

 

Male

160 (78%)

135 (76%)

16 (89%)

9 (100%)

 

pT

205

178

18

9

0.168

pT1

5 (2,5%)

5 (3%)

0 (%)

0 (0%)

 

pT2

22 (11%)

19 (11%)

3 (17%)

0 (0%)

 

pT3

142 (69%)

125 (70%)

13 (72%)

4 (45%)

 

pT4

36 (17.5%)

29 (16%)

2 (11%)

5 (55%)

 

Grade (1973)

205

178

18

9

0.263

Grade 2

22 (11%)

22 (12%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

Grade 3

183 (89%)

156 (88%)

18 (100%)

9 (100%)

 

Grade (2004)

     

Low-grade

0%

0%

0%

0%

 

High-grade

100%

100%

100%

100%

 

pN

205

178

18

9

0.743

pN0

90 (44%)

80 (45%)

6 (33%)

4 (44.4%)

 

pN1

45 (22%)

40 (22.5%)

3 (17%)

2 (22.2%)

 

pN2

69 (33.5%)

57 (32%)

9 (50%)

3 (33.3%)

 

pN3

1 (0.5%)

1 (0.5%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

pM

205

178

18

9

1.000

pM0

204 (99.5%)

177

18 (100%)

9 (100%)

 

pM1

1 (0.5%)

1

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

Chemotherapy

205

178

18

9

0.043

Gc

39

39 (%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

M-vec

80

64 (%)

11 (61%)

5 (55%)

 

Cm

86

75 (%)

7 (39%)

4 (45%)

 

Survival

205

178

18

9

0.061

Alive

120

109

6 (33.3%)

5 (55%)

 

Dead

85

69

12 (66.6%)

4 (45%)

 
  1. Abbreviations: Gc - Gemcitabine, cisplatin, M-vec - Methotrexate, vinblastine, epirubicin and cisplatin, Cm – Cisplatin, methotrexate.
  2. * statistical test: Fisher’s exact test.
  3. ** statistical test: t-test.