Independent prognostic value of tumour diameter and tumour necrosis in upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma

2009 ◽  
Vol 103 (8) ◽  
pp. 1052-1057 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Simone ◽  
Rocco Papalia ◽  
Andrea Loreto ◽  
Costantino Leonardo ◽  
Steno Sentinelli ◽  
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2011 ◽  
Vol 04 (02) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sataa Sallami ◽  
Sami Ben Rhouma ◽  
Karim Cherif ◽  
Nidhameddine Kchir ◽  
Ali Horchani

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (10) ◽  
pp. 1439-1457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myong Kim ◽  
Kyung Chul Moon ◽  
Woo Suk Choi ◽  
Chang Wook Jeong ◽  
Cheol Kwak ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Liu ◽  
Lijiang Sun ◽  
Fengju Guan ◽  
Fangming Wang ◽  
Guiming Zhang

This study was performed to identify the prognostic impact of lymphovascular invasion (LVI) in patients with upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) after radical nephroureterectomy (RNU). A systematic search in PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library was performed to identify relevant studies. The outcomes of interest, including progression-free survival (PFS), cancer-specific survival (CSS), and overall survival (OS), were extracted, and the pooled hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used for effect size estimation. Subgroup, metaregression, and sensitivity analyses were performed to explore potential origins of heterogeneity. Publication bias was estimated by Egger’s linear regression and funnel plot. Our meta-analysis included a total of 27 studies involving 17,453 patients. The pooled HRs were statistically significant for PFS (HR=1.73, 95%CI=1.41–2.11), CSS (HR=1.87, 95%CI=1.54–2.27), and OS (HR=1.56, 95%CI=1.29–1.87), with high heterogeneity (I2=77.8%, 70.3%, and 59.2%, respectively). Four studies explored the prognostic value of LVI in patients with advanced tumor stages (T3–T4). The fixed effects model (I2=33.9%) showed that the pooled HR was 1.64 (95%CI=1.35–1.99) for CSS. Egger’s plots showed no significant publication bias (PFS: P=0.443, CSS: P=0.096, and OS: P=0.894). Our meta-analysis demonstrated that LVI is a poor prognostic factor for UTUC and is strongly associated with disease recurrence, cancer-specific mortality, and overall mortality.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tae Heon Kim ◽  
Chung Un Lee ◽  
Minyong Kang ◽  
Hwang Gyun Jeon ◽  
Byong Chang Jeong ◽  
...  

AbstractThis 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 retrospectively collected data on patients who underwent either RNU or SU of UTUC. Propensity score matching was performed among 394 cases to yield a final cohort of 40 RNU and 40 SU cases. Kaplan–Meier analysis and the log-rank test were used to compare overall survival (OS), cancer-specific survival (CSS), progression-free survival (PFS), and intravesical recurrence-free survival (IVRFS) between the groups. We also compared the change in postoperative estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). There was no significant difference in terms of CSS, PFS, and IVRFS between the RNU and SU groups, but the RNU group had a better OS than the SU group (p = 0.032). Postoperative eGFR was better preserved in the SU group than in the RNU group (p < 0.001). SU provides comparable CSS, PFS, and IVRFS for patients with UTUC compared to RNU, even in patients with advanced-stage and/or high-grade cancer. Further, SU achieves better preservation of renal function.


BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. e027066
Author(s):  
Marcus L Jamil ◽  
Mustafa Deebajah ◽  
Akshay Sood ◽  
Shaheen Alanee

IntroductionThe treatment standard for high-risk upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UUTUC) is radical nephroureterectomy. However, some patients may be unfit or unwilling, and in such patients the available alternatives are suboptimal. Therapies targeting the programmed death (PD) pathway have shown promise in urothelial carcinom (UC). We designed the current study to determine the safety and efficacy of administering MK-3475 (a monoclonal antibody targeting interaction between PD-1 and its ligand) in combination with bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) in high-risk non-muscle invasive UUTUC patients.MethodsThis represents a single-centre phase-II efficacy study of MK-3475 therapy in combination with BCG for subjects, 18 years of age or older, with pathologically documented non-muscle invasive high-risk UUTUC unfit or unwilling to be treated with radical nephroureterectomy. Twenty subjects will be enrolled; patients will receive treatment with 200 mg of MK-3475 every 21 days, starting 2 weeks from the initial endoscopic resection and continuing for 6 weeks after the final dose of BCG. The primary objective is to determine the safety and efficacy of administering MK-3475 at a fixed dose of 200 mg every 3 weeks in conjunction with intrapelvic BCG. Secondary objectives include 19 week and the 3, 12 and 24-month post-treatment completion complete response and progression-free rate assessments.Ethics and disseminationThe study has been approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Henry Ford Hospital. The results of this study will be published in a peer-reviewed journal and presented at a scientific conference.Trial registration numberNCT03345134


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