Efficacy of post-nephroureterectomy cisplatin-based adjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced upper tract urothelial carcinoma: a multi-institutional retrospective study.

Tohru NakagawaYoshimitsu KomemushiTaketo KawaiMasafumi OtsukaJimpei MiyakawaYukari UemuraAtsushi KanataniSatoru TaguchiAkihiro NaitoMotofumi SuzukiHiroaki NishimatsuYoshikazu HiranoYoshinori TanakaAkihiko MatsumotoHideyo MiyazakiTetsuya FujimuraHiroshi FukuharaHaruki KumeYasuhiko IgawaYukio Homma

Published in: World journal of urology (2017)

Locally advanced (pT3-4pN0/xM0) UTUC patients who underwent cisplatin-based adjuvant chemotherapy demonstrated better RFS and CSS than those without adjuvant chemotherapy.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
locally advanced
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
squamous cell carcinoma
rectal cancer
peritoneal dialysis
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
clinical trial
radiation therapy
patient reported outcomes
urinary tract
double blind
placebo controlled