Table 1

Patient characteristics	Case No. 1	Case No. 2	Case No. 3	Case No. 4	Case No. 5
Age (in years)	55	60	55	50	65
Sex	Female	Male	Female	Male	Male
Associated Kidney stone	Absent	Present	Present	Present	Absent
Previous history of stone surgery	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Present
Hydronephrosis	Present	Present	Absent	Absent	Present
Smoking/tobacco intake	Present	Absent	Absent	Present	Present
Analgesic abuse	Absent	Absent	Present	Absent	Absent
Operation done	Radical nephrouretrectomy	Radical nephrouretrectomy	Radical nephrouretrectomy	Inoperable	Radical nephrouretrectomy
Pathological staging	pT3N2M0	pT3N2M0	pT4N2M1	cT4N2M1	pT3N2M0
Survival in months	5*	6	5	1	4

*Still surviving (other patients have deceased)

Table 1: Patient Characteristics.