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. 2023 Jan 13;42(4):e110620. doi: 10.15252/embj.2022110620

Table 2.

Patient and tumor characteristics of MIBC patients who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

Patient characteristics MIBC patients with NAC
Total n = 32, (%)
Follow‐up duration Mean ± SD 46.0 ± 9.35
Time to death Mean ± SD 14.1 ± 4.6
Time to meta Mean ± SD 33.4 ± 4.21
Age < 75 24 (75.0)
≥ 75 8 (25.0)
Sex Male 25 (78.1)
Female 7 (21.9)
ECOG‐PS 0–1 29 (90.6)
2 3 (9.4)
Tumor histology Pure UC 27 (84.4)
Non‐pure UC 5 (15.6)
Pathological T stage T0 11 (34.4)
1 4 (12.5)
2 7 (21.9)
3 6 (18.7)
4 4 (12.5)
Pathological N stage 0 24 (75.0)
1,2 8 (25.0)
Tumor grade Low 2 (6.2)
High 30 (93.8)
LVI Absent 18 (56.2)
Present 14 (43.8)
Concomitant CIS No 29 (90.6)
Yes 3 (9.4)
Systemic adjuvant chemotherapy No 25 (78.1)
Yes 7 (21.9)
Tumor recurrence No 18 (56.2)
Yes 14 (43.8)
Cancer specific death No 19 (59.4)
Yes 13 (40.6)

CIS; carcinoma in situ; ECOG‐PS; Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group‐ Performance Status; LVI; lymphovascular invasion; MIBC; muscle invasive bladder cancer; NAC; neoadjuvant chemotherapy; SD; standard deviation; UC; urothelial carcinoma.