Research Article

Partial Cystectomy after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Contemporary Experience

Table 1

Cohort characteristics.

Number of patients36
Median age in years (IQR)69.7 (58.8–76.8)
Median follow-up for entire cohort in months (IQR)16.8 (9.3–38.7)
Gender
 Male30 (83%)
 Female6 (17%)
Race
 Caucasian32 (88.8%)
 Other4 (11.2%)
Urothelial cell carcinoma variant
 None14 (38.9%)
 Small cell9 (25.0%)
 Micropapillary5 (13.9%)
 Other*5 (13.9%)
 Not available3 (8.3%)
Prechemotherapy clinical stage
 cT222 (61.1%)
 cT310 (27.7%)
 cT42 (5.6%)
 Not available2 (5.6%)
Prechemotherapy carcinoma in situ
 Present21 (58.3%)
 Not present12 (33.3%)
 Not available3 (8.3%)
Prechemotherapy clinical nodal status
 cN028 (77.8%)
 cN+6 (16.7%)
 Not available3 (5.6%)
Chemotherapy regimen
 Gemcitabine and cisplatin20 (55.5%)
 Etoposide and cisplatin7 (19.4%)
 Paclitaxel, ifosfamide, and cisplatin3 (8.3%)
 Methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin, and cisplatin2 (5.6%)
 Other3 (8.3%)
 Not available1 (2.8%)
Postchemotherapy clinical stage
 cT021 (58.3%)
 cTis3 (8.3%)
 cT11 (2.7%)
 cT26 (16.7%)
 cT32 (5.6%)
 cT41 (2.8%)
 Not available2 (5.6%)
Postchemotherapy CIS
 Present5 (13.9%)
 Not present26 (72.2%)
 Not available5 (13.9%)
Postchemotherapy clinical nodal status
 cN031 (86.1%)
 cN+4 (11.1%)
 Not available1 (2.8%)
Postchemotherapy median follow-up in months (IQR)
 cT017.8 (12.8–34.3)
 >cT016.8 (4.4–43.1)
Final pathologic stage
 pT018 (50.0%)
 pTis6 (16.7%)
 pT1 2 (5.6%)
 pT23 (8.3%)
 pT37 (19.4%)
Final pathology carcinoma in situ
 Present14 (38.9%)
 Not present22 (61.1%)
 Not available0 (0%)
Final pathologic nodal involvement
 pN027 (75.0%)
 pN+4 (11.1%)
 Not available5 (13.9%)
Surgical margin (SM)
 SM−15 (41.7%)
 SM+3 (8.3%)
 NA (pT0)18 (50.0%)

Other urothelial cell carcinoma variants include glandular (2) and plasmacytoid (2).
No difference in median follow-up by rank sum test, .