Clinicopathological data of 162 nodal positive bladder cancer patients
| Patient data | |
| Age (years) at surgery, median (range) | 67 (35–89) |
| Female/male, n | 30/132 |
| Cystectomy data: stage, n | |
| pT1 | 5 |
| pT2 | 18 |
| pT3a | 35 |
| pT3b | 62 |
| pT4 | 42 |
| Lymphadenectomy data* | |
| Total no. of evaluated nodes, n | 4080 |
| No. of evaluated nodes per patient, median (range) | 25 (8–55) |
| No. of positive nodes per patient, median (range) | 2 (1–35) |
| Lymph node stage, n | |
| pN1 | 52 |
| pN2 | 110 |
| Diameter (cm) of largest metastasis per patient, median (range) | 1.0 (0.1–4.9) |
| Total diameter (cm) of metastases per patient, median (range) | 1.4 (0.1–39.9) |
Most primary tumours showed extravesical extension (pT3/4; n=139) and advanced lymph node tumour burden (pN2; n=110).
↵* Data summarised for the three pelvic regions.