Treatment Patterns, Outcomes, and Costs Associated With Localized Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma.
Katherine E FeroYong ShanPatrick M LecVidit SharmaAditya SrinivasanGiri MovvaJacques BaillargeonKarim ChamieStephen B WilliamsPublished in: JNCI cancer spectrum (2021)
UTUC continues to be managed primarily with nephroureterectomy, regardless of risk stratification, and patients with high-risk UTUC have worse overall and cancer-specific survival. Substantial costs are associated with management of low- and high-risk UTUC, with the latter being more costly up to 1 year from diagnosis.