Research Article

A Novel Nomogram and Risk Classification System Predicting the Cancer-Specific Survival of Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Patients after Partial Cystectomy

Table 1

Baseline demographical and clinicopathological characteristics of patients.

CharacteristicsTotal cohort N (%)Development cohort N (%)Validation cohort N (%) value

Number of patients866608258
Median age (25th–75th percentile)72 (62–82)72 (62–82)72 (62–82)0.274
Mean age71.0371.3270.350.281
Age
<60155 (17.9%)99 (16.3%)56 (21.7%)0.254
60–70201 (23.2%)145 (23.8%)56 (21.7%)
70–80240 (27.7%)168 (27.6%)72 (27.9%)
>80270 (31.2%)196 (32.2%)74 (28.7%)

Sex
Female239 (27.6%)170 (28.0%)69 (26.7%)0.714
Male627 (72.4%)438 (72.0%)189 (73.3%)

Race
White735 (84.9%)514 (84.5%)221 (85.7%)0.906
Black73 (8.4%)52 (8.6%)21 (8.1%)
Others58 (6.7%)42 (6.9%)16 (6.2%)

Marital status
Married565 (65.2%)394 (64.8%)171 (66.3%)0.730
SDW213 (24.6%)149 (24.5%)64 (24.8%)
Single88 (10.2%)65 (10.7%)23 (8.9%)

Grade
Grade I or Grade II125 (14.4%)89 (14.6%)36 (14.0%)0.793
Grade III or Grade IV741 (85.6%)519 (85.4%)222 (86.0%)

Histology
TCC694 (80.1%)484 (79.6%)210 (81.4%)0.610
SCC60 (6.9%)41 (6.7%)19 (7.4%)
Adenocarcinoma112 (12.9%)83 (13.7%)29 (11.2%)

T Stage
T2339 (39.1%)231 (38.0%)108 (41.9%)0.159
T3458 (52.9%)322 (53.0%)136 (52.7%)
T469 (8.0%)55 (9.0%)14 (5.4%)

N stage
N0785 (90.6%)550 (90.5%)235 (91.1%)0.773
N1 or N2 or N381 (9.4%)58 (9.5%)23 (8.9%)

M Stage
M0835 (96.4%)587 (96.5%)248 (96.1%)0.760
M131 (3.6%)21 (3.5%)10 (3.9%)

Tumor size
<3 cm414 (47.8%)291 (47.9%)123 (47.7%)0.960
>3 cm452 (52.2%)317 (52.1%)135 (52.3%)

Number of tumors
Single546 (63.0%)391 (64.3%)155 (60.1%)0.238
Multiple320 (37.0%)217 (35.7%)103 (39.9%)

Radiotherapy
No/unknown760 (87.8%)531 (87.3%)229 (88.8%)0.559
Yes106 (12.2%)77 (12.7%)29 (11.2%)

Chemotherapy
No/unknown588 (67.9%)410 (67.4%)178 (69.0%)0.653
Yes278 (32.1%)198 (32.6%)80 (31.0%)

Regional nodes examined
Non397 (45.8%)281 (46.2%)116 (45.0%)0.830
1–3133 (15.4%)95 (15.6%)38 (14.7%)
>3336 (38.8%)232 (38.2%)104 (40.3%)

Survival time (month)
Mean50.7648.6355.780.033
Median (25th–75th percentile)38.5 (13–77.3)37 (13–73)41.5 (12.75–92.25)0.123

TCC: transitional cell carcinoma, SCC: squamous cell carcinoma; other races: American Indian, Alaska Native, Asian, and Pacific Islander; SDW: separated, divorced, or widowed; : statistical difference.