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. 2021 Oct;10(10):3826–3836. doi: 10.21037/tau-21-835

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.