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Table 1 Characteristics of patients

From: Comparison of gemcitabine and anthracycline antibiotics in prevention of superficial bladder cancer recurrence

Patient data

Intravesical chemotherapy drug

P

Gemcitabine (n = 84)

n(%)

Epirubicin or Pirarubicin (n = 40)

n(%)

Gender

 Male

61 (72.62%)

30 (75%)

0.779

 Female

23 (27.38%)

10 (25%)

Age (years)

 < 65

39 (46.43%)

14 (35%)

0.229

 ≥ 65

45 (53.57%)

26 (65%)

Multifocality

 Single

41 (53.25%)

20 (57.14%)

0.701

 Multiple

36 (46.75%)

15 (42.86%)

Size (cm)

 < 3

57 (67.86%)

25 (62.5%)

0.427

 ≥ 3

27 (32.14%)

15 (37.5%)

Grade

 Low

42 (57.53%)

19 (51.35%)

0.538

 High

31 (42.47%)

18 (48.65%)

Risk

 Low

19 (22.62%)

13 (32.50%)

0.452

 Immediate

25 (29.76%)

9 (22.50%)

 High

40 (47.62%)

18 (45.00%)

reTURBT

 Yes

33 (39.29%)

17 (42.50%)

0.733

 No

51 (60.71%)

23 (57.50%)

Follow up months

 (mean ± SD)

34.8 (17.9)

35.9 (22.1)

0.772