Clinical impact of bladder biopsies with TUR-BT according to cytology results in patients with bladder cancer: a case control study

Table 5 The comparison of clinical characteristics and primary pathology between TUR-BT with or without bladder biopsy

		Without bladder Bx (TUR-BT only)	With bladder Bx	P value
Sex
	Male	114	235	0.089
	Female	17	58
Age
	< 65	43	108	0.473
	≥65	88	185
Tumor
	Solitary	57	134	0.670
	Multiple	74	159
TUR-BT
	Primary	42	171	< 0.001
	Recurrence	89	122
Stage
	Ta	92	192	0.542
	T1	37	89
Grade
	G1	13	25	0.702
	G2, G3	116	256
Post BCG
	+	43	120	0.112
	-	88	173

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