Analysis of Japanese Patients Treated with or without Long-Term Epirubicin Plus Ara-C Intravesical Instillation Therapy for Low-Grade Superficial Bladder Cancer

Table 1

Subject characteristics.

	TURBT-only group	Instillation group	p
	46	42
Age (years)	62.5 ± 11.4	62.8 ± 12.8	0.90
Sex			0.43
Male	35	36
Female	11	6
Tumor grade			0.77
G1	17	14
G2	29	28
Previous bladder cancer history			0.22
No	27	31
Yes	19	11
Tumor multiplicity			0.74
1	38	33
2–4	7	9
≥5	1	0
Tumor size (cm)			<0.01
<1	27	11
≥1, <3	18	26
≥3	1	5
Growth pattern			0.64
Papillary	39	38
Nonpapillary	7	4

TURBT: transurethral resection of bladder tumor.