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Table 1 Baseline clinicopathological features of 72 localized MIBC patients before receiving NAC

From: Evaluation of short-term outcomes of neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by radical cystectomy in muscle-invasive bladder cancer: a single Egyptian institution experience

Characteristic/feature

Number

Percent

Age:

 Mean ± SD

  

  59.2 ± 9

  

 Median (range)

  60.5 (34–87)

  

Gender

 Female

10

13.9

 Male

62

86.1

Residency

 Urban

45

62.5

 Rural

27

37.5

Smoking history

 No

21

29.2

 Yes

51

70.8

Comorbidities

 Yes

24

33.3

 No

48

66.7

Comorbidity type (n = 24)

 DM

7

29.2

 HTN

5

20.8

 DM and HTN

4

16.6

 HCV

7

29.2

 Others

1

4.2

Main presenting complaint

 Hematuria

56

77.8

 Necroturia

6

8.3

 Dysuria, lower abd pain, others

10

13.9

Hydronephrosis

 Yes

33

45.8

 No

39

54.2

Hydronephrosis laterality (n = 33)

 Unilateral

19

57.6

 Bilateral

14

42.4

Hydronephrosis severity (n = 33)

 Mild

13

39.4

 Moderate to marked

20

60.6

cT

 Tx

1

1.4

 T2

27

37.5

 T3b

38

52.8

 T4

6

8.3

cN

 N0

60

83.3

 N1,2

12

16.7

cTNM stage

 II

23

31.9

 IIIA

46

63.9

 IVA

2

2.8

Risk categorya

 Low risk

15

20.8

 High risk

57

79.2

Gross cystoscopic findings

 Papillary/fungating

43

59.7

 Ulcerative

5

6.9

  1. cN clinical nodal stage, cT clinical tumor stage, cTNM clinical tumor, node, and metastasis stage, DM Diabetes mellitus, HCV Hepatitis C virus, HTN Hypertension
  2. a Based on hydronephrosis and/or cT3/T4