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Table 2 Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the urinary bladder: clinical and pathological results in 93 cases

From: Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the urinary bladder: a case report and review of the literature

Features

 

Patient population

Sex

(n = 65)

 

  Male

 

48 (74%)

  Female

 

17 (26%)

Age

(n = 62)

 

  Mean

 

70.0

  Range

 

52-90

Chief complaint

(n = 35)

 

  GH

 

31 (88%)

  GH and Urgency

 

3 (9%)

  GH and Miction pain

 

1 (3%)

Histology

(n = 90)

 

  Pure

 

39 (43%)

  Predominant

 

26 (29%)

  Focal

 

13 (15%)

  Mixed

 

12 (13%)

Pathological stage (T)

(n = 92)

 

  T1

 

14 (15%)

  T2

 

52 (56%)

  T3

 

24 (27%)

  T4

 

2 (2%)

Primary treatment

(n = 92)

 

  TURBT

 

51 (55%)

  Partial cystectomy

 

6 (7%)

  Radical cystectomy

 

35 (38%)

Adjuvant treatment

(n = 92)

 

  Systemic chemotherapy

 

21 (23%)

  Radiotherapy

 

14 (15%)

  Chemoradiotherapy

 

6 (7%)

  Intravesical chemotherapy

 

3 (3%)

  Not performed

 

48 (52%)

Follow-up

(n = 87)

 

  Mean

 

30.4 (months)

  Range

 

0-216 (months)

Outcome

(n = 87)

 

  Not evidence of disease (NED)

 

59 (67%)

  Died of disease (DOD)

 

14 (17%)

  Died without disease (DWD)

 

9 (10%)

  Alive with metastases (AWM)

 

5 (6%)

Cause-specific survival rate

 

83%

  1. GH Gross hematuria, TURBT Transurethral resection of the bladder tumor.