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Table 1 Clinical features of patients with non-muscle invasive bladder carcinoma along with pathological and immunohistochemical characteristics of the resected tumors

From: Lower cyclooxygenase-2 expression is associated with recurrence of solitary non-muscle invasive bladder carcinoma

Clinical, pathological and immunohistochemical features (N=127)

Gender

Cases (%)

 Male

94 (74)

 Female

33 (26)

Age (years, median, range)

73 (41–87)

Tumor size:

Cases (%)

 > 3 cm

59 (46)

 ≤ 3 cm

68 (54)

Pathology:

Cases (%)

 PUNLMP

54 (47)

 LGPUC

61 (53)

Disease stage

Cases (%)

Ta

54 (46%)

T1

64 (54%)

Median follow-up (months)

37

COX-2 Allred score

Cases (%)

 0

29 (29)

 1

16 (16)

 2

54 (55)

TILs*

Cases (%)

 No

44 (41)

 Yes

64 (59)

  1. Note: PUNLMP indicates papillary urothelial neoplasm of low malignant potential; LGPUC, low-grade papillary urothelial carcinoma; * TILs, tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes.