UTUC SURGERY
LYMPH NODE DISSECTION
A 2019 retrospective study found patient with T3 or T4 UTUC had increased OS with LND. (1)
BLADDER RECURRENCE
A study of 268 patients after nephroureterectomy found preoperative pyuria to have a HR of 1.7 for intravesical recurrence. (2)
A 2019 retrospective study found patient with T3 or T4 UTUC had increased OS with LND. (1)
BLADDER RECURRENCE
A study of 268 patients after nephroureterectomy found preoperative pyuria to have a HR of 1.7 for intravesical recurrence. (2)
- Zhai, Ting-Shuai, et al. “Effect of Lymph Node Dissection on Stage-Specific Survival in Patients with Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma Treated with Nephroureterectomy.” BMC Cancer, vol. 19, no. 1, 2019, p. 1207.
- Sato, Goro, et al. "Preoperative Pyuria Predicts for Intravesical Recurrence in Patients With Urothelial Carcinoma of the Upper Urinary Tract After Radical Nephroureterectomy Without a History of Bladder Cancer." Clinical genitourinary cancer (2019).