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. 2017 Nov 14;9:611–626. doi: 10.2147/CMAR.S148856

Table 1.

Characteristics of patients and metastatic sites

Characteristics Total (N=1862)
Bone metastases
p-Value Brain metastases
p-Value Liver metastases
p-Value Lung metastases
p-Value Distant lymph nodes
p-Value
n (%) Yes (%) No (%) Yes (%) No (%) Yes (%) No (%) Yes (%) No (%) Yes (%) No (%)
Age at diagnosis, years
Median (range) 70 (17–98) 70 (21–97) 70 (17–98) <0.001 70 (21–96) 70 (17–98) 0.113 70 (25–98) 70 (17–97) 0.402 70 (17–98) 70 (21–98) 0.047 70 (21–97) 70 (17–98) 0.001
 ≤60 444 (23.8) 217 (48.9) 227 (51.1) 20 (4.5) 424 (95.5) 105 (23.6) 339 (76.4) 165 (37.2) 279 (62.6) 182 (41.0) 262 (59.0)
 61–70 518 (27.8) 237 (45.8) 281 (54.2) 29 (5.6) 489 (94.4) 139 (26.8) 379 (73.2) 190 (36.7) 328 (63.3) 169 (32.6) 349 (67.4)
 71–80 516 (27.7) 208 (40.3) 308 (59.7) 15 (2.9) 501 (97.1) 146 (28.3) 370 (71.7) 196 (38.0) 320 (62.0) 178 (34.5) 338 (65.5)
 >80 384 (20.6) 137 (35.7) 247 (64.3) 12 (3.1) 372 (96.9) 107 (27.9) 281 (73.2) 173 (45.1) 211 (54.9) 108 (28.1) 276 (71.9)
Year of diagnosis
 2010 352 (18.9) 152 (43.2) 200 (56.8) 0.370 23 (6.5) 329 (93.5) 0.090 97 (27.6) 255 (72.4) 0.375 126 (35.8) 226 (64.2) 0.411 109 (31.0) 243 (69.0) 0.324
 2011 354 (19.0) 142 (40.1) 212 (57.9) 15 (4.2) 339 (95.8) 88 (24.9) 266 (75.1) 145 (41.0) 209 (59.0) 124 (35.0) 230 (65.0)
 2012 387 (20.8) 182 (47.0) 205 (53.0) 11 (2.8) 376 (97.2) 106 (27.4) 281 (72.6) 162 (41.9) 225 (58.1) 123 (31.8) 264 (68.2)
 2013 376 (20.2) 161 (42.8) 215 (57.2) 15 (4.0) 361 (96.0) 110 (29.3) 266 (70.7) 140 (37.2) 236 (62.8) 136 (36.2) 240 (63.8)
 2014 393 (21.1) 162 (41.2) 231 (58.8) 12 (3.1) 381 (96.9) 92 (23.4) 301 (76.6) 151 (38.4) 242 (61.6) 145 (36.9) 248 (63.1)
Race
 White 1589 (85.3) 680 (42.8) 909 (57.2) 0.713 67 (4.2) 1522 (95.8) 0.552 423 (26.6) 1166 (73.4) 0.958 611 (38.5) 978 (61.5) 0.110 549 (34.6) 1040 (65.4) 0.529
 Black 191 (10.3) 84 (44.0) 107 (56.0) 5 (2.6) 186 (97.4) 48 (25.1) 143 (74.9) 87 (45.5) 104 (54.5) 59 (30.9) 132 (69.1)
 Others 80 (4.3) 35 (43.8) 45 (56.2) 4 (5.0) 76 (95.0) 21 (26.3) 59 (73.7) 25 (31.3) 55 (68.7) 29 (36.3) 51 (63.7)
 Unknown 2 (0.1) 0 (0) 2 (100%) 0 (0) 2 (100%) 1 (50.0) 1 (50.0) 1 (50.0) 1 (50.0) 0 (0) 2 (100%)
Gender
 Male 1336 (71.8) 609 (45.6) 727 (54.4) <0.001 53 (4.0) 1283 (96.0) 0.697 366 (27.4) 970 (72.6) 0.162 498 (37.3) 838 (62.7) 0.027 460 (34.4) 876 (65.6) 0.786
 Female 526 (28.2) 190 (36.1) 336 (63.9) 23 (4.4) 503 (95.6) 127 (24.1) 399 (75.9) 226 (43.0) 300 (57.0) 177 (33.7) 349 (66.3)
Marital status
 Married 883 (47.4) 373 (42.2) 510 (57.8) 0.710 37 (4.2) 846 (95.8) 238 (27.0) 645 (73.0) 0.717 333 (37.7) 550 (62.3) 0.573 328 (37.1) 555 (62.9) 0.039
 Unmarried 900 (48.3) 389 (43.2) 511 (56.8) 36 (4.0) 864 (96.0) 237 (26.3) 663 (73.7) 361 (40.1) 539 (59.9) 285 (31.7) 615 (68.3)
 Unknown 79 (4.3) 37 (46.8) 42 (53.2) 3 (3.8) 76 (96.2) 18 (22.8) 61 (77.2) 30 (38.0) 49 (62.0) 24 (30.4) 55 (69.6)
Grade
 G1 17 (0.9) 6 (35.3) 11 (64.7) 0.097 0 (0) 17 (100) 0.222 5 (29.4) 12 (70.6) 0.003 8 (47.1) 9 (52.9) 0.240 2 (11.8) 15 (88.2) 0.254
 G2 69 (3.7) 26 (37.7) 43 (62.3) 4 (5.8) 65 (94.2) 16 (23.2) 53 (76.8) 34 (49.3) 35 (50.7) 23 (33.3) 46 (66.7)
 G3 1379 (74.1) 576 (41.8) 803 (58.2) 50 (3.6) 1329 (96.4) 338 (24.5) 1041 (75.5) 535 (38.8) 844 (61.2) 479 (34.7) 900 (65.3)
 Unknown 397 (21.3) 191 (48.1) 206 (51.8) 22 (5.5) 375 (94.5) 134 (33.8) 263 (66.2) 147 (37.0) 250 (63.0) 133 (33.5) 264 (66.5)
T stage
 T1 309 (16.6) 124 (40.1) 185 (59.9) 0.793 10 (3.2) 299 (96.8) 0.036 84 (27.2) 225 (72.8) <0.001 125 (40.5) 184 (59.5) 0.910 104 (33.7) 205 (66.3) 0.588
 T2 765 (41.1) 331 (43.3) 434 (56.7) 30 (4.0) 735 (96.0) 172 (22.5) 593 (77.5) 297 (38.8) 468 (61.2) 249 (32.5) 516 (67.5)
 T3 158 (8.5) 67 (42.4) 91 (57.6) 5 (3.2) 153 (96.8) 38 (24.1) 120 (75.9) 60 (38.0) 98 (62.0) 53 (33.5) 105 (66.5)
 T4 327 (17.6) 140 (42.8) 187 (57.2) 9 (2.8) 318 (97.2) 83 (25.4) 244 (74.6) 121 (37.0) 206 (63.0) 122 (37.3) 205 (62.7)
 Tx 303 (16.3) 137 (45.2) 166 (54.8) 22 (7.3) 281 (92.7) 116 (38.3) 187 (61.7) 121 (39.9) 182 (60.1) 109 (36.0) 194 (64.0)
N stage
 N0 955 (51.3) 437 (45.8) 518 (54.2) 0.005 44 (4.6) 911 (95.4) 0.237 263 (27.5) 692 (72.5) 0.277 399 (41.8) 556 (58.2) 0.001 204 (21.4) 751 (78.6) <0.001
 N1 197 (10.6) 73 (37.1) 124 (62.9) 6 (3.0) 191 (97.0) 54 (27.4) 143 (72.6) 76 (38.6) 121 (61.4) 87 (44.2) 110 (55.8)
 N2 353 (19.0) 135 (38.2) 218 (61.8) 8 (2.3) 345 (97.7) 84 (23.8) 269 (76.2) 118 (33.4) 235 (66.6) 199 (56.4) 154 (43.6)
 N3 124 (6.7) 43 (34.7) 81 (65.3) 5 (4.0) 119 (96.0) 25 (20.2) 99 (79.8) 32 (25.8) 92 (74.2) 86 (69.4) 38 (30.6)
 Nx 233 (12.5) 111 (47.6) 122 (52.4) 13 (5.6) 220 (94.4) 67 (28.8) 166 (71.2) 99 (42.5) 134 (57.5) 61 (26.2) 172 (73.8)
Tumor size, cm
 ≤2 55 (3.0) 21 (38.2) 34 (61.8) 0.010 1 (1.8) 54 (98.2) 0.584 14 (25.5) 41 (74.5) 0.600 22 (40.0) 33 (60.0) <0.001 15 (27.3) 40 (72.7) 0.324
 2–5 404 (21.7) 161 (39.9) 243 (60.1) 17 (4.2) 387 (95.8) 114 (28.2) 290 (71.8) 157 (38.9) 247 (61.1) 147 (36.4) 257 (63.6)
 >5 430 (23.1) 160 (37.2) 264 (61.4) 14 (3.3) 416 (96.7) 104 (24.2) 326 (75.8) 203 (47.2) 227 (52.8) 136 (31.6) 294 (68.4)
 Unknown 973 (52.3) 451 (46.4) 522 (53.6) 44 (4.5) 929 (95.5) 261 (26.8) 712 (73.2) 342 (35.1) 631 (64.9) 339 (34.8) 634 (65.2)
Radical cystectomy
 Yes 124 (6.7) 38 (30.6) 86 (69.4) 0.005 3 (2.4) 121 (97.6) 0.369 15 (12.1) 109 (87.9) <0.001 40 (32.3) 84 (67.7) 0.127 54 (43.5) 70 (56.5) 0.025
 No 1738 (93.3) 761 (43.8) 977 (56.2) 73 (4.2) 1665 (95.8) 478 (27.5) 1260 (72.5) 684 (39.4) 1054 (60.6) 583 (33.5) 1155 (66.5)
Metastasectomy
Yes 95 (5.1) 35 (36.8) 60 (63.2) 0.242 12 (12.6) 83 (87.4) <0.001 14 (14.7) 81 (85.3) 0.008 35 (36.8) 60 (63.2) 0.746 45 (47.4) 50 (52.6) 0.007
No 1767 (94.9) 764 (43.2) 1003 (56.8) 64 (3.6) 1703 (96.4) 479 (27.1) 1288 (72.9) 689 (39.0) 1078 (61.0) 592 (33.5) 1175 (66.5)