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Table 2 Characteristics of included studies

From: Bladder preservation approach versus radical cystectomy for high-grade non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer: a meta-analysis of cohort studies

Study year

Country

Study interval

Original tumor state

Radical cystectomy timing

Bladder preservation modality

Male/female (BP vs RC)

Study size (BP vs RC)

Age (BP vs RC)

Median follow-up time (BP vs RC)

Types of outcomes

Hautmann 2009

Germany

1986–1908

T1G3

Within 3 mo

BCG

Ratio 4:1

99 vs 175

63.9

58 mo

CSS PFS

Jager 2011

Germany

1989–2006

HGNMIBC

Median 4 mo

Endoscopic treatment/IVT

236 vs 42

43 vs 235

66

79 mo

CSS

Thalmann2004

Switzerland

1980–1999

T1G3

Within 3 mo

BCG

71/21 vs 26/3

92 vs 29

69 vs 66

82.8 mo

OS CSS PFS

De Berardinis 2011

Italy

1995–2001

T1G3

Within 2 mo

BCG

60/20 vs 49/23

80 vs 72

70.4 vs 69.6

99.6 mo

OS CSS PFS

Denzinger 2008

Germany

1990–2005

T1G3

UN

BCG

95/30 vs 71/27

125 vs 98

73 vs 71

56 mo vs 51 mo

OS CSS

Li 2011

China

1995–2007

T1G3

3 mo

BCG

18/14 vs 10/6

32 vs 16

61 vs 58

66 mo vs 72 mo

OS CSS

Patard 2001

France

1979–1996

T1G3

Median 16 mo

BCG

UN

50 vs 14

62.52 vs 62.78

62 mo

CSS

Sun 2008

China

199–2007

T1G3

UN

BCG/MMC/EPI /HCOT

68/13 vs 23/9

81 vs 32

66 vs 64

64 mo vs 62 mo

OS CSS

Badalato 2012

USA

1990–2010

HGT1

Within 3 mo

Observation /IVT

88/25 vs 168/68

236 vs 113

69.5 vs 68.3

46.4 mo vs 51.5 mo

CSS

Spaliviero 2014

USA

2000–2012

HGT1

Within 3 mo

Observation /BCG

Ratio 3:1

21 vs 15

68

38.4 mo

CSS

Wong 2009

UK

1998–2007

HGNMIBC

UN

BCG

UN

41 vs 36

67.23

53 mo

OS

  1. Abbreviations: BP bladder preservation, RP radical cystectomy, T1G3 pathological grade 1 under the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system and histological grade 3 under the 1973 World Health Organization (WHO) classification, HGNMIBC high-grade non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer, mo month, BCG Bacillus Calmette–Guerin, EPI epirubicin, MMC mitomycin, HCPT hydroxycamptothecine, IVT intravesical therapy, OS overall survival, CSS cancer-specific survival, PFS progression-free survival, UN unknow