Risk-adapted strategy for the kidney-sparing management of upper tract tumours

T Seisen, P Colin, M Rouprêt - Nature Reviews Urology, 2015 - nature.com
The conservative management of upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) was traditionally
restricted to patients with imperative indications only. However, current recommendations …

European association of urology guidelines on upper urinary tract urothelial cell carcinoma: 2015 update

M Rouprêt, M Babjuk, E Compérat, R Zigeuner… - European urology, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Context The European Association of Urology (EAU) guidelines panel on upper
urinary tract urothelial cell carcinoma (UTUC) has prepared updated guidelines to aid …

Genomic characterization of upper tract urothelial carcinoma

JP Sfakianos, EK Cha, G Iyer, SN Scott, EC Zabor… - European urology, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Despite a similar histologic appearance, upper tract urothelial carcinoma
(UTUC) and urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (UCB) tumors have distinct epidemiologic …

A contemporary review of management and prognostic factors of upper tract urothelial carcinoma

JJ Leow, A Orsola, SL Chang, J Bellmunt - Cancer treatment reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) accounts for< 5% of all urothelial
cancers. Although the main treatment is radical nephroureterectomy (NU), oncologic …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnostic ureterorenoscopy is associated with increased intravesical recurrence following radical nephroureterectomy in upper tract urothelial carcinoma

HH Sung, HG Jeon, DH Han, BC Jeong, SI Seo… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Diagnostic ureterorenoscopy is powerful tool to confirm upper tract urothelial cancer
(UTUC). However, URS and associated manipulation may be related to the risk of …

Prognostic value of systemic inflammatory responses in patients with upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma

M Kim, KC Moon, WS Choi, CW Jeong, C Kwak… - World journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Purpose To determine the utility of systemic inflammatory response and develop a model
based on serum inflammatory indices to aid prognostication in patients with upper urinary …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular analysis of upper tract and bladder urothelial carcinoma: results from a microarray comparison

T Sanford, S Porten, MV Meng - PLoS One, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Prior studies have shown genetic similarities between upper tract and bladder
urothelial carcinoma. However, upper tract urothelial carcinoma tends to be higher grade …

Multi-institutional validation of the predictive value of Ki-67 in patients with high grade urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract

LM Krabbe, A Bagrodia, AQ Haddad, P Kapur… - The Journal of …, 2015 - auajournals.org
Purpose: We validate the independent predictive value of Ki-67 in patients with high grade
upper tract urothelial carcinoma. Materials and Methods: A total of 475 patients from the …

Evidenced‐based clinical practice guideline for upper tract urothelial carcinoma (summary–J apanese U rological A ssociation, 2014 edition)

M Oya, E Kikuchi… - … Journal of Urology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Upper tract urothelial carcinoma is more rare than bladder cancer, although they are both
categorized as urothelial carcinoma. Because of the low incidence, little clinical evidence is …

Impact of variant histology on disease aggressiveness and outcome after nephroureterectomy in Japanese patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma

S Sakano, H Matsuyama, Y Kamiryo… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Background Patients with urinary bladder urothelial carcinoma (UC) with variant histology
have features of more advanced disease and a likelihood of poorer survival than those with …