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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2008 Nov 1;113(9):2471–2477. doi: 10.1002/cncr.23848

Table 1.

Clinical Characteristics of Patients Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

Characteristics GC (N=42) MVAC (N=54)
Age (median, yrs) at first chemo 64 (56–70) 63 (58–67)
Age (median, yrs) at RC 64 (57–70) 63 (58–68)
Gender (male), No. (%) 32 (76) 43 (80)
Clinical Stage at Presentation, No. (%)
     T2 19 (45) 32 (59)
     T3 19 (45) 15 (28)
     T4 4 (10) 7 (13)
Days to cystectomy from first chemotherapy
dose, median (range) 138 (123–155) 125 (89–175)
    RC 138 (123–155) 96 (80–163) (n=33)
     PC NA 155 (118–182) (n=21)

Abbreviations: GC, gemcitabine + cisplatin; MVAC, methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin, cisplatin; RC, radical cystectomy; PC, partial cystectomy; NA, Not applicable