Preoperative Hydronephrosis Grade Independently Predicts Worse Pathological Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Nephroureterectomy for Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

Yujiro Ito, Eiji Kikuchi, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Akira Miyajima, Shuji Mikami, Masahiro Jinzaki, Mototsugu Oya

The Journal of Urology · 2011 · 135 citations · 20 references

Abstract

On image analysis preoperative hydronephrosis grade was associated with features of aggressive disease and predicted an advanced pathological outcome in patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma. This information could prove useful to select candidates for neoadjuvant chemotherapy and make decisions concerning surgical options.

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