The Taiwan UTUC (upper tract urothelial carcinoma) registry is a multicenter, internet-based UTUC registry in which 95 participating surgeons from 12 different hospitals in Taiwan registered their ...

This study aims to compare oncologic and functional outcomes after radical nephroureterectomy (RNU) and segmental ureterectomy (SU) in patients with upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC). We ...

Changes in body composition during neoadjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy associations prior to radical cystectomy: Implications for chemotherapy-associated adverse events and oncologic outcomes.

Randomized phase II trial of maintenance sunitinib versus placebo following response to chemotherapy (CT) for patients (pts) with advanced urothelial carcinoma (UC). Background: Novel prognostic ...

Hypertension was found to be an independent risk factor for worse survival outcomes in patients with upper tract urothelial cancer undergoing radical nephroureterectomy, according to data presented at ...

Open nephroureterectomy can be performed through a variety of approaches depending upon the surgeon's preference, patient body habitus, and medical comorbidities. Generally, a flank incision for the ...

"Patients with decreased eGFR at baseline are often those we are most interested in preserving their renal function with NSS. However, it was this cohort in whom we did not see any renal function ...

Radical nephroureterectomy should be part of the multimodal treatment strategy for patients with UTUC with node-positive disease. Among management options for node-positive upper tract urothelial ...

Bladder Cancer Adjuvant Chemotherapy Support Neoadjuvant chemotherapy prior to radical nephroureterectomy for upper tract urothelial carcinoma may improve pathologic outcomes regardless of age, new ...

Multiple therapeutic options are available for the management of patients with upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma (TCC). Radical nephroureterectomy with an ipsilateral bladder cuff is the ...