Table 4 Associations of combined biomarkers with clinical and pathologic characteristics in 226 consecutive patients treated with radical cystectomy for urothelial cell carcinoma of the bladder

From: Cooperative effect of cell-cycle regulators expression on bladder cancer development and biologic aggressiveness

 

p53 and pRB expression

p53 and p21 expression

p53 and p27 expression

 

One altered

Both altered

P

One altered

Both altered

P

One altered

Both altered

P

Total (%)

88 (39)

72 (32)

 

108 (48)

44 (20)

 

92 (41)

82 (36)

 

Gender (%)

 Female

19 (41)

16 (35)

 

24 (52)

8 (17)

 

19 (41)

20 (43)

 

 Male

69 (38)

56 (31)

0.673

84 (47)

36 (20)

0.797

73 (41)

62 (34)

0.308

Pathologic tumor stage (%)

 pTa, pTis, or pT1

17 (40)

6 (14)

 

14 (33)

6 (14)

 

17 (41)

8 (19)

 

 pT2

25 (38)

14 (22)

 

30 (46)

7 (11)

 

27 (42)

16 (25)

 

 pT3

32 (39)

35 (42)

 

45 (54)

19 (23)

 

34 (41)

40 (48)

 

 pT4

14 (39)

17 (47)

<0.001

19 (53)

12 (33)

<0.001

14 (39)

18 (50)

<0.001

Pathological grade (%)

 Grade 1 or 2

9 (53)

0

 

7 (41)

0

 

8 (47)

1 (6)

 

 Grade 3

79 (38)

72 (34)

0.012

101 (48)

44 (21)

0.023

84 (40)

81 (39)

0.009

Lymph node status (%)a

 N0

61 (38)

39 (24)

 

72 (45)

23 (14)

 

68 (43)

42 (26)

 

 N1, N2

27 (42)

32 (49)

<0.001

35 (54)

21 (32)

<0.001

24 (37)

39 (60)

<0.001

Lymphovascular invasion (%)a

 Negative

47 (38)

27 (22)

 

53 (43)

17 (14)

 

50 (40)

32 (26)

 

 Positive

41 (41)

44 (44)

<0.001

54 (53)

27 (27)

<0.001

42 (42)

49 (49)

<0.001

Concomitant CIS (%)a

 Negative

48 (36)

39 (30)

 

66 (50)

20 (15)

 

48 (36)

44 (33)

 

 Positive

40 (43)

32 (34)

0.175

41 (44)

24 (26)

0.139

44 (47)

37 (40)

0.009

Stage grouping a

 Organ confined

36 (37)

16 (17)

 

39 (40)

9 (9)

 

39 (40)

19 (20)

 

 Extra-vesical extension

25 (39)

24 (38)

 

34 (53)

14 (22)

 

29 (45)

24 (38)

 

 Lymph node metastases

27 (42)

32 (49)

<0.001

35 (54)

21 (32)

<0.001

24 (37)

39 (60)

<0.001

 

pRB and p21 expression

pRB and p27 expression

p21 and p27 expression

Total (%)

102 (45)

43 (19)

 

88 (39)

80 (35)

 

112 (50)

50 (22)

 

Gender (%)

 Female

29 (63)

6 (13)

 

18 (39)

21 (46)

 

27 (59)

11 (24)

 

 Male

73 (41)

37 (21)

0.054

70 (39)

59 (33)

0.124

85 (47)

39 (22)

0.174

Pathologic tumor stage (%)

 pTa, pTis, or pT1

15 (36)

6 (14)

 

14 (33)

10 (24)

 

13 (31)

9 (21)

 

 pT2

25 (39)

9 (14)

 

22 (34)

18 (28)

 

33 (51)

8 (12)

 

 pT3

43 (52)

17 (21)

 

38 (46)

35 (42)

 

47 (57)

21 (25)

 

 pT4

19 (53)

11 (31)

0.010

14 (39)

17 (47)

<0.001

19 (53)

12 (33)

<0.001

Pathological grade (%)

 Grade 1 or 2

6 (35)

3 (18)

 

7 (41)

4 (24)

 

7 (41)

3 (18)

 

 Grade 3

96 (46)

40 (19)

0.589

81 (39)

76 (36)

0.492

105 (50)

47 (23)

0.472

Lymph node status (%)a

 N0

65 (41)

29 (18)

 

59 (37)

49 (31)

 

76 (48)

30 (19)

 

 N1, N2

36 (55)

14 (22)

0.034

29 (45)

30 (46)

0.001

35 (54)

20 (31)

0.012

Lymphovascular invasion (%)a

 Negative

48 (38)

21 (17)

 

39 (32)

39 (32)

 

51 (41)

26 (21)

 

 Positive

53 (53)

22 (22)

0.015

49 (49)

40 (40)

<0.001

60 (59)

24 (24)

0.002

Concomitant CIS (%)a

 Negative

54 (41)

28 (21)

 

42 (32)

49 (37)

 

64 (49)

28 (21)

 

 Positive

47 (51)

15 (16)

0.337

46 (50)

30 (32)

0.017

47 (51)

22 (24)

0.748

Stage grouping a

 Organ-confined

35 (36)

13 (13)

 

31 (32)

25 (26)

 

42 (43)

14 (14)

 

 Extra-vesical extension

31 (48)

16 (25)

 

28 (44)

25 (39)

 

35 (55)

16 (25)

 

 Lymph node metastases

36 (55)

14 (22)

0.002

29 (45)

30 (46)

0.001

35 (54)

20 (31)

0.001

  1. aLymph node status, lymphovascular invasion, and concomitant carcinoma in situ were not available in one patient.