Bladder recurrence after surgery for upper urinary tract urothelial cell carcinoma: frequency, risk factors, and surveillance

MD Azémar, E Comperat, F Richard, O Cussenot… - … Oncology: Seminars and …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To highlight the main risk factors for metachronous bladder recurrence after
treatment of an upper urinary tract urothelial cell carcinomas (UUT-UCCs) based on the …

Lymphadenectomy at the time of nephroureterectomy for upper tract urothelial cancer

M Roscigno, M Brausi, A Heidenreich, Y Lotan… - European urology, 2011 - Elsevier
CONTEXT: The role of lymph node dissection (LND) in patients treated with radical
nephroureterectomy (RNU) for upper tract urothelial cancer (UTUC) is still controversial …

Incidence and survival of patients with carcinoma of the ureter and renal pelvis in the USA, 1973–2005

JD Raman, J Messer, JA Sielatycki… - BJU …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Study Type–Prognosis (retrospective cohort) Level of Evidence 2b What's known on the
subject? and What does the study add? Upper‐tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) is a …

Urinary cytology has a poor performance for predicting invasive or high‐grade upper‐tract urothelial carcinoma

J Messer, SF Shariat, JC Brien, MP Herman… - BJU …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Study Type–Therapy (case series) Level of Evidence 4 What's known on the subject? and
What does the study add? Accurate preoperative staging for upper‐tract urothelial …

Gender differences in radical nephroureterectomy for upper tract urothelial carcinoma

SF Shariat, RL Favaretto, A Gupta, HM Fritsche… - World journal of …, 2011 - Springer
Purpose Women have been associated with adverse outcomes after radical cystectomy for
lower tract urothelial carcinoma. We evaluated the prognostic value of gender in an …

Ureteral and multifocal tumours have worse prognosis than renal pelvic tumours in urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract treated by nephroureterectomy

A Ouzzane, P Colin, E Xylinas, G Pignot, MM Ariane… - European urology, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: It is not known whether the primary tumour location of upper urinary tract
urothelial carcinoma (UUT-UC) is associated with prognosis. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the …

Preoperative hydronephrosis grade independently predicts worse pathological outcomes in patients undergoing nephroureterectomy for upper tract urothelial …

Y Ito, E Kikuchi, N Tanaka, A Miyajima… - The Journal of …, 2011 - auajournals.org
Purpose: We analyzed the prognostic impact of hydronephrosis grade on disease specific
survival and evaluated whether hydronephrosis grade could preoperatively predict worse …

Outcomes after adjuvant chemotherapy in the treatment of high‐risk urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract (UUT‐UC) Results from a large multicenter …

M Vassilakopoulou, T de la Motte Rouge, P Colin… - Cancer, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: Urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract (UUT‐UC) was a rare,
aggressive urologic cancer with a propensity for multifocality, local recurrence, and …

Oncological outcomes after laparoscopic and open radical nephroureterectomy: results from an international cohort

TJ Walton, G Novara, K Matsumoto… - BJU …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Study Type–Therapy (case series) Level of Evidence 4 What's known on the subject? and
What does the study add? Despite widespread adoption of laparoscopic …

Does preoperative symptom classification impact prognosis in patients with clinically localized upper-tract urothelial carcinoma managed by radical …

JD Raman, SF Shariat, PI Karakiewicz, Y Lotan… - … Oncology: Seminars and …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate if preoperative symptom classification could refine prediction of
outcomes for patients with clinically localized upper-tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) …