Table 2.
Characteristics of 221 patients with sarcomatoid carcinoma (carcinosarcoma) of the urinary bladder diagnosed between January 1973 and December 2004.
| Characteristics | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Age Mean ± SD | 75 ± 11 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 144 (65.2) |
| Female | 77 (34.8) |
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| |
| Race | |
| Black | 15 (6.8) |
| White | 197 (89.1) |
| Other | 9 (4.1) |
|
| |
| Married | |
| Yes | 128 (58) |
| No | 90 (40.7) |
| Unknown | 3 (1.3) |
|
| |
| Location | |
| Trigone of bladder | 12 (5.4) |
| Dome of bladder | 17 (7.7) |
| Lateral wall of bladder | 35 (15.8) |
| Anterior wall of bladder | 8 (3.6) |
| Posterior wall of bladder | 20 (9.0) |
| Bladder neck | 7 (3.2) |
| Ureteric orifice | 7 (3.2) |
| Overlapping lesion of bladder | 42 (19.0) |
| Unknown | 73 (33.0) |
|
| |
| Grade | |
| Moderately differentiated | 2 (0.9) |
| Poorly differentiated | 61 (27.6) |
| Undifferentiated | 64 (28.95) |
| Unknown | 94 (42.5) |
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| |
| SEER stage | |
| Localized | 56 (25.3) |
| Regional | 114 (51.6) |
| Distant | 34 (15.4) |
| Unknown | 17 (7.7) |
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| |
| Year of diagnosis | |
| 1973–1984 | 18 (8.1) |
| 1985–1994 | 65 (29.4) |
| 1995–2004 | 138 (62.5) |
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| Cancer directed Surgery | |
| Cystectomy | 79 (35.8) |
| TURP | 119 (53.8) |
| Unspecific surgery | 14 (6.3) |
| None | 9 (4.1) |
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| |
| Radiation | |
| Before and after surgery | 1 (0.5) |
| After surgery | 34 (15.3) |
| Radiation only | 2 (1.0) |
| Unknown | 3 (1.3) |
| None | 181 (81.9) |
SEER = Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program TURBT = transurethral resection for bladder tumor.