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Table 2 Postoperative tumour characteristics for patients with available histopathological information according to treatment

From: Downstaging and survival after Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for bladder cancer in Norway; a population-based study

 

NACa

NoNACb

All

Patients, n (%)

67 (13%)

447 (87%)

514 (100%)

Pathological T category, n (%)

Downstaging of primary tumour

  pT0

16 (24%)

38 (9%)

54 (11%)

  pTa

2 (3%)

13(3%)

15 (3%)

  pTis

6 (9%)

21(5%)

27 (5%)

  pT1

5 (7%)

24(5%)

29 (6%)

Residual muscle-invasive disease

  pT2

12 (18%)

92 (21%)

104 (20%)

  pT3

18 (27%)

212 (47%)

230 (45%)

  pT4

8 (12%)

47 (11%)

55 (11%)

Pathological N category, n (%)

65 (15%)

368 (85%)

433 (100%)

 pN+

16 (25%)

129 (35%)

145 (33%)

 pN0

49 (75%)

239 (65%)

288 (67%)

  1. a NAC: Pre-cystectomy neoadjuvant chemotherapy
  2. b NoNAC Cystectomy only