The clinical impact of ureteroscopy for upper tract urothelial carcinoma: A multicenter study.
Juria NakanoNobuyoshi KosakaYuria KiuchiShigeyoshi TakamizawaHirotaka SuzukiShota KawanoKeiichiro MiyajimaWataru FukuokayaKazuhiro TakahashiKosuke IwataniYu ImaiSotaro KayanoKoichi AikawaShahrokh F ShariatKojiro TashiroSteffi YuenShun SatoShunsuke TsuzukiJun MikiTakahiro Kimuranull nullPublished in: International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association (2023)
URS and URSBx instrumentation will be risk factors for superficial, but not invasive, bladder cancer recurrence. Clinical understaging/undergrading and upstaging to muscle-invasive disease occurred for a large proportion of patients with UTUC who underwent RNU. These data emphasize the challenges involved in accurate UTUC staging and grading.