Comparative analyses of trends and survival in patients with urothelial versus nonurothelial bladder carcinoma: National Cancer Database (NCDB) analysis.

Abstract

402 Background: Bladder cancer is estimated to occur in 81,190 patients in 2018 with estimated death in 17,240. Urothelial cancers make up the majority of cancers but non-urothelial cancers are known to have more aggressive phenotype with worse survival. We have demonstrated previously that non-urothelial histologic subtypes have worse survival outcomes compared to urothelial cancers in a population-based analysis (Aragon-Ching J et al.; J Clin Oncol 36, 2018 (suppl 6S: abstr 425). Methods: The primary objective of this review is to gather data on trends and differences between urothelial versus non-urothelial histologies (squamous, sarcomatoid, small cell or neuroendocrine, adenocarcinoma) and compare the demographics, disease characteristics (incidence of metastases, stage presentation, etc), and survival according to the NCDB. Results: Data from diagnosis in year 2004 – 2013 were extracted from the NCDB. A total of 76,858 and 5560 patients were included for urothelial and non-urothelial, respectively. More men were diagnosed with urothelial carcinoma (75%) and non-urothelial carcinoma (61%) than women. The median age was 71 years and 69 years of age, respectively for urothelial and non-urothelial. Majority were Caucasian at 91% and 86%, respectively though there seemed to be more African-Americans in the non-urothelial (11%) compared to 6% in the urothelial cohorts. More patients were diagnosed with higher stages of III and IV in the non-urothelial group (62%) compared to 36% in the urothelial group, although the sites of metastases in the brain, bone or liver were fairly equivalent for both urothelial and non-urothelial cohorts. Median survival time from diagnosis was better in the urothelial compared to non-urothelial arms [69.91 (69.39 – 70.54) vs 64.53 (61.5 – 67.45 months), p-value < 0.001]. Conclusions: Non-urothelial cancers have distinct demographics different from non-urothelial cancers. Patients often present at a higher stage and survival appears to fare worse than urothelial cancers. Further studies to refine treatment options to optimize treatment outcomes are an area of increased unmet need.