Table 1.

Characteristics of patients with UC included in the study

Age at diagnosis, mean (range)	69.6 years (36–93)
Gender, male	94 cases (80.3 %)
pT stage at initial TUR
pTa	92 cases (78.6 %)
pT1	15 cases (12.8 %)
pTis	10 cases (8.6 %)
Cellular grade at initial TUR
Low	57 cases (48.7 %)
High	60 cases (51.3 %)
Intravesical BCG therapy	11 cases
Intravesical chemotherapy (epirubicin)	21 cases
Total cystectomy	16 cases
Bladder cancer-specific mortality	6 cases
All-cause mortality	21 cases

BCG, Bacille Calmette–Guérin