Pentafecta for Radical Nephroureterectomy in Patients with High-Risk Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma: A Proposal for Standardization of Quality Care Metrics.
Frederik KönigNico Christian GrossmannFrancesco SoriaDavid d'AndreaTristan JuvetAaron PotretzkeHooman DjaladatAlireza GhoreifiTakeo KosakaNozomi HayakawaAndrea MariZine-Eddine KheneKazutoshi FujitaJay D RamanAlberto BredaMatteo FontanaJohn P SfakianosJohn L PfailEkaterina LaukhtinaPawel RajwaMaximilian PallaufGiovanni Enrico CacciamaniThomas van DoeverenJoost L BoormansAlessandro AntonelliMarcus JamilFiras AbdollahJeffrey BudzynGuillaume PloussardAxel HeidenreichSiamak DaneshmandStephen A BoorjianMorgan RouprêtMichael RinkShahrokh F ShariatBenjamin PraderePublished in: Cancers (2022)
Establishing quality indicators for UTUC may help define prognosis and improve patient care. We propose a pentafecta quality criteria in RNU patients. Approximately half of the patients evaluated herein reached this endpoint, which in turn was independently associated with survival outcomes. Extended validation is needed.