Impact of distal ureter management on oncologic outcomes following radical nephroureterectomy for upper tract urothelial carcinoma

European Urology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 210-217

  Xylinas, Evanguelos ^a,b   Rink, Michael ^a,c   Cha, Eugene K ^a   Clozel, Thomas ^a   Lee, Richard K ^a   Fajkovic, Harun ^d   Comploj, Evi ^e   Novara, Giacomo ^f   Margulis, Vitaly ^g   Raman, Jay D ^h   Lotan, Yair ^g   Kassouf, Wassim ⁱ   Fritsche, Hans Martin ^j   Weizer, Alon ^k   Martinez Salamanca, Juan I ^l   Matsumoto, Kazumasa ^m   Zigeuner, Richard ⁿ   Pycha, Armin ^e   Scherr, Douglas S ^a   Seitz, Christian ^o   Walton, Thomas ^p   Trinh, Quoc Dien ^q   Karakiewicz, Pierre I ^q   Matin, Surena ^r   Montorsi, Francesco ^s   Zerbib, Marc ^b   Shariat, Shahrokh F ^a   more..

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Paris Descartes University ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d General Hospital St Poelten   (Austria)

^e CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^h PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^l HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^m KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁿ MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^o MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^p ROYAL DERBY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^q UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^r UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^s VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Distal ureter management; Radical nephroureterectomy; Recurrence; Upper tract urothelial carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC APPROACH; EXTRAVESICAL APPROACH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL NEPHROURETERECTOMY; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSVESICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER SURGERY; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEPHRECTOMY; URETER; URETERAL NEOPLASMS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER; URETERAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84888829647     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.04.052     Document Type: Article

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