Objective: This study aims to investigate whether advanced age is an absolute
contraindication for radical nephroureterectomy (RNU) in patients with upper tract urothelial …

Introduction Upper tract urothelial carcinoma is rare but has a poor prognosis. Prognostic
factors have been extensively studied in order to provide the best possible management for …

Although several programmed cell death (PD)-1 inhibitors are approved for the first-line
treatment of advanced urothelial carcinoma, their efficacy remains unknown in cisplatin …

Methods Two independent reviewers conducted a search of the OVID MEDLINE database
from July 2002–July 2022. Included articles were required to be published in peer reviewed …

Objectives To evaluate the predictive role of pre-nephroureterectomy (NU) hydronephrosis
on post-NU renal function (RF) change and preserved eligibility rate for adjuvant therapy in …

A growing number of studies have regarded the preoperative serum albumin‐to‐globulin
ratio (AGR) as a prognostic indicator of urothelial carcinoma (UC) following radical surgery …

METHODS A total of 144 patients who underwent RNU with history of neither neoadjuvant
nor adjuvant chemotherapy between 2008 and 2022 were retrospectively reviewed …

Urothelial carcinoma of the renal pelvis and ureter is a prevalent malignancy primarily
affecting the elderly population (1). Its incidence has been on the rise in recent years (2) …

This thesis analyses the use of registries in patients diagnosed with cancer of the lining of
the kidneys and ureter and creates an online registry to efficiently analyse how patients are …

Introduction: Skin metastases and gastrointestinal tract involvement in upper tract urothelial
carcinoma (UTUC) are uncommon and associated with an adverse prognosis. This report …