Background Taiwan is one of the endemic regions where upper tract urothelial carcinoma
(UTUC) accounts for approximately a third of all urothelial tumors. Owing to its high …

Purpose To compare survival outcomes between laparoscopic radical nephroureterectomy
(LRNU) and open radical nephroureterectomy (ORNU) in upper urinary tract urothelial …

Objective To predict overall survival, cancer, and metastasis specific survival in upper tract
urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) following radical nephroureterectomy (RNU). Materials and …

Objective The study objective was to investigate the prognostic risk factors related to overall
survival (OS), cancer-specific survival (CSS), recurrence-free survival (RFS), and metastasis …

Background Oncologic benefits of laparoscopic radical nephroureterectomy (LNU) are
unclear. We aimed to evaluate the impact of surgical approach for radical …

BACKGROUND: Novel prognostic factors for patients after radical nephroureterectomy
(RNU) for upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) have recently been described …

Materials and methods A retrospective review of institutional databases from two teaching
hospitals identified 269 consecutive patients with UTUC managed with nephroureterctomy …

Purpose To evaluate the influence of preoperative factors on the survival of patients
diagnosed with upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) who underwent a radical …

Background Many studies have reported the oncological outcomes between open radical
nephroureterectomy (ONU) and laparoscopic radical nephroureterectomy (LNU) of upper …

Purpose We compared oncologic outcomes of patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma
(UTUC) who underwent open nephroureterectomy (ONU) or laparoscopic …