Table 1.

Patient characteristics

	Upper urinary tract cancer		Bladder cancer		P value
	No. of patients	%	No. of patients	%
No. of patients	335	100	302	100
Age, years					0.217
Mean	63.0		62.0
Range	29.5-90.0		21.0-85.6
Sex					<0.001
Male	265	79.1	270	89.4
Female	70	20.9	32	10.6
Body mass index, kg/m2					0.001
Mean	24.2		23.4
Range	13.8-38.8		13.9-32.5
ASA score					0.005
1	114	34.0	136	45.0
≥2	221	66.0	166	55.0
Hydronephrosis	161	48.1	61	20.2	<0.001
Pathological T category					0.584
≤pT1	131	39.1	113	37.4
pT2	58	17.3	62	20.5
≥pT3	146	43.6	127	42.1
Pathological N category					<0.001
pN-	39	11.6	237	78.5
pN+	16	4.8	65	21.5
pNx	280	83.6	0	0.0
Tumor grade					<0.001
≤II	241	71.9	125	41.4
III	94	28.1	177	58.6
LVI	63	18.8	108	35.8	<0.001
Associated CIS	30	9.0	66	21.9	<0.001
Positive surgical margin	14	4.2	23	7.6	0.064

Abbreviations: ASA = American Society of Anesthesiologists, LVI = Lymphovascular invasion, CIS = carcinoma in situ.