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. 2021 Sep 2;13(4):424–430. doi: 10.4103/UA.UA_139_20

Table 1.

Baseline demographic details and tumor characteristics of patients treated with adjuvant Hyperthermic Intra-VEsical Chemotherapy with mitomycin and intravesical Bacillus Calmette–Guerin (Moscow I strain) for nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer

HIVEC (n=22) BCG (n=29) P
Age (median, range) 62 (4382) 61 (3880) 0.419
Gender (n, %)
 Male 20 (91) 25 (86) 0.476
 Female 2 (9) 4 (14)
T-stage (n, %)
 Ta 10 (45.5) 10 (34.50 0.315
 T1 8 (36.4) 14 (48.3)
 T1+CIS 3 (13.6) 2 (6.9)
 Ta+CIS 1 (4.5) 0 (0)
 CIS only 0 (0) 3 (10.3)
Tumor grade (n, %)
 Low grade 12 (54.5) 16 (55.2) 0.964
 High grade 10 (45.5) 13 (44.8)
Single or multiple tumors
 Single 11 (50) 16 (55) 0.591
 Multiple (≥2) 11 (50) 13 (45)
Risk group (EORTC)
 Intermediate risk 12 (54.5) 17 (58.6) 0.784
 High risk 10 (45.5) 12 (41.4)

HIVEC: Hyperthermic Intra-VEsical Chemotherapy, BCG: Bacillus Calmette-Guerin, EORTC: European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer