Decisional and prognostic impact of diagnostic ureteroscopy in high-risk upper tract urothelial carcinoma: A multi-institutional collaborative analysis (ROBUUST collaborative group).
Francesco DitonnoAntonio FrancoAlessandro VecciaRiccardo BertoloZhenjie WuLinhui WangFiras AbdollahMarco FinatiGiuseppe SimoneGabriele TudertiEmma HelstromAndres CorreaOttavio De CobelliMatteo FerroFrancesco PorpigliaDaniele AmparoreAntonio TufanoSisto PerdonàRaj BhanvadiaVitaly MargulisStephan BrönimannNirmish SinglaDhruv PuriIthaar H DerweeshDinno F MendiolaMark L GonzalgoReuben Ben-DavidReza MehrazinSol C MoonSoroush Rais-BahramiCourtney YongChandru P SundaramFarshad Sheybaee MoghaddamAlireza GhoreifiHooman DjaladatRiccardo AutorinoAlessandro AntonelliPublished in: Urologic oncology (2024)
The advantage in terms of OS and CSS in patients undergoing preoperative URS could derive from a better selection of candidates for curative treatment. The treatment strategy is likely more influenced by tumor features than by URS findings.