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Table 2 Histological types of bladder cancer and presence of schistosomal eggs

From: Schistosomiasis and urinary bladder cancer in North Western Tanzania: a retrospective review of 185 patients

 

Squamous cell carcinoma

Transitional cell carcinoma

Adenocarcinoma

Others

p-value

Presence of schistosomal eggs

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

 

  Yes

75 (73.5)

7 (9.3)

1 (20)

0 (0)

< 0.001 **

  No

27 (26.4)

68 (90.6)

4 (80)

3 (100)

 

Total

102

75

5

3

 
  1. ** (soma cells has count less than 5 this association can not be validated).