Table 1. Basic characteristics at diagnosis of patients with BCa in the RC, RT/RT + CT, or CT treatment groups.
Characteristics | RC | RT/RT + CT | CT | P value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Subjects, n (%) | 11,959 (30.3) | 7,439 (18.8) | 20,102 (50.9) | |
Marital status, n (%) | <0.001 | |||
Married | 7,154 (59.8) | 3,662 (49.2) | 12,323 (61.3) | |
Widowed/divorced | 2,848 (23.8) | 2,581 (34.7) | 4,365 (21.7) | |
Single | 1,508 (12.6) | 888 (11.9) | 2,506 (12.5) | |
Unknown | 449 (3.8) | 308 (4.1) | 908 (4.5) | |
Age, n (%) | <0.001 | |||
<50 | 945 (7.9) | 242 (3.3) | 1,292 (6.4) | |
50–64 | 4,338 (36.3) | 1,209 (16.3) | 6,156 (30.6) | |
65–74 | 3,887 (32.5) | 1,664 (22.4) | 6,230 (31.0) | |
≥75 | 2,789 (23.3) | 4,324 (58.1) | 6,424 (32.0) | |
Year of diagnosis, n (%) | ||||
2000–2005 | 4,263 (32.6) | 2,570 (34.5) | 3,055 (15.2) | |
2006–2012 | 7,696 (64.4) | 4,869 (65.5) | 17,047 (84.8) | <0.001 |
Race, n (%) | <0.001 | |||
White | 10,465 (87.5) | 6,339 (85.2) | 17,720 (88.2) | |
Black | 813 (6.8) | 721 (9.7) | 1,186 (5.9) | |
Other | 655 (5.5) | 369 (5.0) | 1,050 (5.2) | |
Unknown | 26 (0.2) | 10 (0.1) | 146 (0.7) | |
Grade, n (%) | <0.001 | |||
I | 117 (1.0) | 99 (1.3) | 1,921 (9.6) | |
II | 698 (5.8) | 391 (5.3) | 4,403 (21.9) | |
III | 4,128 (34.5) | 2,606 (35.0) | 3,699 (18.4) | |
IV | 6,405 (53.6) | 3,532 (47.5) | 6,565 (32.7) | |
Unknown | 611 (5.1) | 811 (10.9) | 3,514 (17.5) | |
Stage, n (%) | <0.001 | |||
In situ | 193 (1.6) | 102 (1.4) | 9,462 (47.1) | |
Local | 4,775 (39.9) | 4,310 (57.9) | 7,136 (35.5) | |
Regional | 5,992 (50.1) | 1,366 (18.4) | 1,245 (6.2) | |
Distant | 911 (7.6) | 1,528 (20.5) | 2,044 (10.2) | |
Unknown | 88 (0.7) | 133 (1.8) | 215 (1.1) | |
Cause of death, n (%) | <0.001 | |||
Alive | 5,314 (44.4) | 1,567 (21.1) | 13,367 (66.5) | |
BCa | 4,566 (38.2) | 3,983 (53.5) | 3,861 (19.2) | |
Heart-specific disease | 490 (4.1) | 590 (7.9) | 879 (4.4) | |
Other | 1,589 (13.3) | 1,299 (17.5) | 1,995 (9.9) |
BCa, bladder cancer; RC, radical cystectomy; RT, radiotherapy; CT, chemotherapy.