Assessment of association between lower ureteric excision technique and oncological outcomes for upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma: retrospective analysis from the Scottish Renal Cancer Consortium.
James Peter BlackmurEtienne ChewMatthew TrailKatie BrodieNicola SantoniFlora RodgerDavid HamiltonFortis GabaSophie RandallSarika NalagatlaBrian LittleKhalid JanjuaClare SweeneyAndrew MartindaleKhaver QureshiAntony RiddickKevin O'ConnorS Alan McNeillSimon PhippsMark L CutressEdward A A MainsIan DunnSarah ReidGrant D StewartGavin LambMuhammad Zeeshan AslamSteve LeungRoss ClarkIan WilsonGrenville OadesAlexander ChapmanAlexander LairdPublished in: World journal of urology (2023)
These data suggest in appropriately selected patients, lower ureteric management technique does not affect B-RFS. Along with lower ureteric tumour location, male gender and previous bladder cancer, preceding ureteroscopy was associated with a higher recurrence rate following NU, and the indication for this should be carefully considered.
Keyphrases
- urinary tract
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- papillary thyroid
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- electronic health record
- squamous cell carcinoma
- rectal cancer
- type diabetes
- big data
- machine learning
- metabolic syndrome
- young adults
- robot assisted
- insulin resistance
- skeletal muscle
- adipose tissue
- squamous cell
- artificial intelligence
- deep learning
- patient reported
- childhood cancer
- lymph node metastasis