Survival Impact of Nephroureterectomy for De Novo Stage IV Nonmetastatic and Metastatic Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

Survival Impact of Nephroureterectomy for De Novo Stage IV Nonmetastatic and Metastatic Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

BackgroundWhether nephroureterectomy (NU) provides survival benefits in patients with stage IV upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) remains unclear. We compared the effect of chemotherapy (CT) alone with that of CT combined with NU (CT + NU) on the overall survival (OS) of patients with stage IV...

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Main Authors: Wei-Yu Lin, Meng-Hung Lin, Yao-Hsu Yang, Wen-Cheng Chen, Cih-En Huang, Miao-Fen Chen, Chun-Te Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Surgery
Subjects:
metastasis
nephroureterectomy
nonmetastasis
stage IV
upper tract urothelial carcinoma
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2022.903123/full

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