Factors impacting survival in patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma undergoing radical nephroureterectomy
Pascal Mouracade1,2, Michel Velten2, Marc Gigante3, Olivier Alenda1, Guillaume Ploussard1, Frederic Obadia3, Marc Olivier Timsit1, Arnaud Mejean1
Canadian Journal of Urology, Vol.19, No.1, pp. 6105-6110, 2012
Abstract Introduction: This study aims to assess the influence of different prognostic factors on the survival of upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) managed by nephroureterectomy and to investigate whether these factors have independent prognostic significance.
Materials and methods: A retrospective review of institutional databases from two teaching hospitals identified 269 consecutive patients with UTUC managed with nephroureterectomy between 1985 and 2005. The mean follow-up was 80.6 months (median 70.3 months), completed until January 2009. Tumor location and other clinicopathological variables were analyzed in relation to survival. Data collected included age, gender, tumor characteristics (pT stage, grade, lymph node… More >