Table 2. Descriptive statistics of tumor stage at diagnosis and treatment of patients diagnosed with NTCCB.
SCC: Squamous cell carcinoma; NTCCB: Non-transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder
The stage at presentation (Localized/metastatic) | Number |
Metastatic | 15 |
Localized | 11 |
Locally advanced | 5 |
Histopathological subtype | |
SCC | 14 |
Adenocarcinoma | 13 |
Neuroendocrine tumor | 2 |
Extra-adrenal phaeochromocytoma | 1 |
Sarcomatoid carcinoma | 1 |
Site of systemic metastasis | |
Lung | 6 |
Liver | 3 |
Skeletal | 3 |
Peritoneal | 2 |
Cerebral cortex | 1 |
Non-regional lymph nodes | 1 |
Primary treatment given | |
Palliative chemotherapy | 14 |
Radical cystectomy + ileal conduit | 10 |
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy only | 4 |
Partial cystectomy | 1 |
Pelvic exenteration and ileostomy | 1 |
Peritoneal debulking + palliative chemotherapy | 1 |