Urinary Bladder Cancer in Egypt: Are There Gender Differences in Its Histopathological Presentation?
Table 2
Histopathological characteristics of bladder cancer cases (squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and urothelial cell carcinoma (UC)) in Egyptian men and women.
Variable
Males
Females
value1
SCC
UC
SCC
UC
Referred slide
28 (4.9)
66 (5.5)
9 (4.3)
14 (7.0)
Biopsy
292 (51.1)
786 (65.9)
83 (40.4)
140 (69.6)
UC 0.4
Cystectomy
251 (44.0)
340 (28.5)
114 (54.8)
47 (23.4)
SCC 0.01
Radical
223 (95.3)
268 (94.0)
49 (51.1)
21 (52.5)
Simple
7 (3.0)
7 (2.5)
1 (1.0)
0
Partial
4 (1.7)
9 (3.2)
7 (7.3)
0
SCC < 0.0001
Pelvic excision2
0
0
39 (40.6)
19 (47.5)
UC < 0.0001
Grade
1
84 (15.0)
55 (4.8)
31 (15.2)
7 (3.7)
SCC 0.07
2
353 (62.9)
527 (46.2)
143 (70.1)
89 (47.1)
UC 0.8
3
124 (22.1)
558 (49.0)
30 (14.7)
93 (49.2)
Stage
0
0
38 (6.7)
1 (0.8)
6 (7.6)
I
41 (12.8)
195 (34.3)
15 (11.6)
28 (35.4)
IIa
22 (6.9)
19 (3.3)
8 (6.2)
4 (5.0)
SCC 0.6
b
82 (25.7)
72 (12.6)
29 (22.5)
10 (12.7)
UC 0.6
IIIa
33 (10.3)
54 (9.5)
12 (9.3)
4 (5.0)
b
115 (36.0)
144 (25.3)
54 (41.8)
22 (27.8)
IVa
26 (8.1)
44 (7.7)
10 (7.7)
5 (6.3)
b
0
3 (0.5)
0
0
Presence of SH3 ova
No
129 (26.8)
355 (40.7)
73 (46.5)
72 (58.1)
SCC < 0.0001
Yes
353 (73.2)
518 (59.3)
84 (53.5)
52 (41.9)
UC < 0.0001
Cystitis
No
11 (6.7)
9 (2.8)
3 (4.7)
0
SCC 0.5
Yes
152 (93.3)
315 (97.2)
61 (95.3)
55 (100)
UC 0.2
Ulceration
No
14 (11.2)
8 (3.3)
7 (15.6)
2 (2.7)
SCC 0.4
Yes
111 (88.8)
232 (96.7)
38 (84.4)
36 (97.3)
UC 0.8
1Comparison of value between males and females was done using χ2; 2pelvic lymphadenectomy; 3Schistosoma haematobium.
