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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2019 Jan 17;30(2):187–193. doi: 10.1007/s10552-019-1130-8

Table 3.

Clinical and treatment characteristics at initial bladder cancer diagnosis of BeWell Cohort, as of June 30, 2018, among participants in the regional cancer registry

KPNC KPSC Totala

N=588 N (%) N=300 N (%) N=888 N (%)
Stageb
 Ta 413 (70.2) 197 (67.0) 610 (69.2)
 Tis 18 (3.1) 11 (3.7) 29 (3.3)
 T1 157 (26.7) 86 (29.3) 243 (27.5)
Gradec
 Low (LG) 265 (45.1) 149 (50.3) 414 (46.8)
 High (HG) 315 (53.6) 137 (46.3) 452 (51.1)
 Other (CIS) 8 (1.4) 10 (3.4) 18 (2.0)
Stage/Gradeb,c
 LG Ta 251 (42.7) 127 (43.9) 378 (43.1)
 LG T1 10 (1.7) 20 (6.9) 30 (3.4)
 HG Ta 160 (27.2) 67 (23.2) 227 (25.9)
 HG T1 146 (24.8) 64 (22.1) 210 (23.9)
 Tis 21 (3.6) 11 (3.8) 32 (3.6)
Receipt of Initial TURBTd
 Yes 583 (99.2) 251 (83.7) 834 (93.9)
 No 5 (0.8) 49 (16.3) 54 (6.1)
Receipt of Re-TURBT (within 2 months of initial diagnosis)d
 Yes 131 (22.3) 43 (14.3) 174 (19.6)
 No 457 (77.7) 257 (85.7) 714 (80.4)
Receipt of Perioperative Chemotherapyd
 No 348 (59.2) 240 (80.0) 588 (66.2)
 Yes 240 (40.8) 60 (20.0) 300 (33.8)
Receipt of Induction Intravesical Therapyd
 No 336 (57.1) 211 (70.3) 547 (61.6)
 Yes 252 (42.9) 89 (29.7) 341 (38.4)
a

Total unknown values: Stage n=6, Grade n=4, Stage/Grade n=11

b

Limited to stage data from KPNC Cancer Registry for cases diagnosed as of June 30, 2017 and the KPSC Cancer Registry for cases diagnosed as of Dec 31, 2016. Missing data were supplemented with chart review. If multiple bladder tumors for an individual were in the registry, the record with diagnosis date closest to the qualifying pathology date was selected.

c

From eligibility check chart review

d

From KP electronic data sources