Research Article

Survival Outcome of Partial Cystectomy versus Transurethral Bladder Tumor Resection in T1 High-Grade Bladder Cancer Patients: A Propensity Score Matching Study

Table 2

Clinicopathological features between RC and PC before and after propensity score matching.

VariablesNo PSMPSM
RC (n = 438)PC (n = 190) valueRC (n = 160)PC (n = 190) value

Age (year)
 Mean ± SD67.9 ± 9.62571.5 ± 9.830<0.00169.9 ± 9.40871.5 ± 9.8300.121
 Median (25th–75th percentile)67.5 (62–72)72 (66–77.5)<0.00172 (62–77.5)72 (66–77.5)0.063
Sex0.9680.817
 Female64 (14.6%)28 (14.7%)25 (15.6%)28 (14.7%)
 Male374 (85.4%)162 (85.3%)135 (84.4%)162 (85.3%)
Race0.4960.318
 White387 (88.4%)171 (90.0%)144 (90.0%)171 (90.0%)
 Black25 (5.7%)12 (6.3%)6 (3.8%)12 (6.3%)
 Other style26 (5.9%)7 (3.7%)10 (6.3%)7 (3.7%)
Marital status0.8260.393
 Married301 (68.7%)132 (69.5%)117 (73.1%)132 (69.5%)
 SDW74 (16.9%)34 (17.9%)30 (18.8%)34 (17.9%)
 Single63 (14.4%)24 (12.6%)13 (8.1%)24 (12.6%)
Grade0.7030.215
 Grade I or Grade II9 (2.1%)6 (3.2%)1 (0.6%)6 (3.2%)
 Grade III95 (21.7%)40 (21.1%)38 (23.8%)40 (21.1%)
 Grade IV334 (76.3%)144 (75.8%)121 (75.6%)144 (75.8%)
Histology0.130.602
 TCC185 (42.2%)68 (35.8%)53 (33.1%)68 (35.8%)
 PTCC253 (57.8%)122 (64.2%)107 (66.9%)122 (64.2%)
Radiotherapy0.6530.403
 No/unknown433 (98.9%)187 (98.4%)159 (99.4%)187 (98.4%)
 Yes5 (1.1%)3 (1.6%)1 (0.6%)3 (1.6%)
Chemotherapy0.8420.868
 No/unknown345 (78.8%)151 (79.5%)126 (78.8)151 (79.5%)
 Yes93 (21.2%)39 (20.5%)34 (21.3%)39 (20.5%)
Tumor size<0.0010.042
 ≤3 cm323(73.7%)78 (41.1%)87 (54.4%)78 (41.1%)
 3–6 cm86(19.6%)74 (38.9%)46 (28.7%)74 (38.9%)
 >6 cm29 (6.6%)38 (20.0%)27 (16.9%)38 (20.0%)
Tumor site<0.0010.041
 Trigone14 (3.2%)1 (0.5%)8 (5.0%)1 (0.5%)
 Dome17 (3.9%)29 (15%)15 (9.4%)29 (15.3%)
 Lateral49 (11.2%)30 (15.8%)34 (21.3%)30 (15.8%)
 Anterior11 (2.5%)10 (5.3%)7 (4.4%)10 (5.3%)
 Posterior29 (6.6%)22 (11.6%)12 (7.5%)22 (11.6%)
 Bladder neck11 (2.5%)2 (1.1%)4 (2.5%)2 (1.1%)
 Ureteric orifice6 (1.4%)4 (2.1%)1 (0.6%)4 (2.1%)
 Other sites301 (68.7%)92 (48.4%)79 (49.4%)92 (48.4%)
Number of tumor<0.0010.457
 Single183 (41.8%)112 (58.9%)88 (55.0%)112 (58.9%)
 Multiple255 (58.2%)78 (41.1%)72 (45.0%)78 (41.1%)

Survival time (month)
 Mean60.02155.1210.4059.10655.1210.196
 Median (25th–75th percentile)62 (39–86)55.5 (37–77)0.03860.5 (39–82.75)55.5 (37–77)0.157

PC: partial cystectomy; RC: radical cystectomy; other race: American/Indian/Alaska/native/Asian/Pacific Islande; SDW: separated, divorced or widowed; other sites: overlapping lesion of bladder, bladder, NOS; TCC: transitional cell carcinoma, PTCC: papillary transitional cell carcinoma. PSM, propensity score matching. Statistically significant.