The Taiwan UTUC (upper tract urothelial carcinoma) registry is a multicenter, internet-based UTUC registry in which 95 participating surgeons from 12 different hospitals in Taiwan registered their ...
This study aims to compare oncologic and functional outcomes after radical nephroureterectomy (RNU) and segmental ureterectomy (SU) in patients with upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC). We ...
Within the National Cancer Database (2004 to 2012), we identified 3,253 individuals who received AC or observation after RNU for pT3/T4 and/or pN+ UTUC. Inverse probability of treatment weighting ...
Randomized phase II trial of maintenance sunitinib versus placebo following response to chemotherapy (CT) for patients (pts) with advanced urothelial carcinoma (UC). Background: Novel prognostic ...
Hypertension was found to be an independent risk factor for worse survival outcomes in patients with upper tract urothelial cancer undergoing radical nephroureterectomy, according to data presented at ...
Open nephroureterectomy can be performed through a variety of approaches depending upon the surgeon's preference, patient body habitus, and medical comorbidities. Generally, a flank incision for the ...
"Patients with decreased eGFR at baseline are often those we are most interested in preserving their renal function with NSS. However, it was this cohort in whom we did not see any renal function ...
Radical nephroureterectomy should be part of the multimodal treatment strategy for patients with UTUC with node-positive disease. Among management options for node-positive upper tract urothelial ...
In a study, distant metastasis emerged as the best candidate to be a surrogate end point for survival among patients receiving surgical treatment for UTUC. Progression to distant metastasis within 3 ...