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Subiela JD, González-Padilla DA, Huguet J, Aumatell J, Rodríguez-Faba O, Krajewski W, Feliu AH, Mínguez C, Plaza JL, Artiles Medina A, Gajate P, Jiménez Cidre MÁ, Burgos Revilla J, Breda A, Palou J. Oncological and Renal Function Outcomes in Patients Who Underwent Simultaneous Radical Cystectomy and Nephroureterectomy for Synchronous or Metachronous Panurothelial Carcinoma. Urology 2023; 172:157-164. [PMID: 36436672 DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2022.08.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Revised: 08/21/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess clinical outcomes of patients who underwent simultaneous radical cystectomy (RC) and radical nephroureterectomy (RNU) for panurothelial carcinoma (PanUC). MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective analysis of 67 patients who underwent simultaneous RC and unilateral RNU for PanUC, from 1996 to 2017. Kaplan-Meier estimates for remnant urothelium recurrence-free survival, metastasis-free survival, overall survival (OS), and cancer-specific survival (CSS) were performed. Cox multivariate models were constructed. RESULTS The median follow-up was 38 months, 29.8% of patients had a recurrence, 34.3% had metastasis, 67.2% of patients died from any cause, and 37.3% died from urothelial carcinoma. Overall survival and CSS rates at 5 years were 44% and 61%, respectively. In multivariate analysis, progression to muscle-invasive bladder cancer before surgery, presence of muscle-invasive stages at RC and/or RNU, and prostatic urethra involvement were predictors for worse metastasis-free survival and CSS. Forty-one patients (61.2%) had an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <60 mL/min before surgery and the number rose to 56 (83.5%) after surgery; 29.8% patients needed renal function replacement therapy after surgery (16 haemodialysis and 4 renal transplant). CONCLUSION Patients with PanUC who undergo simultaneous surgery have adverse oncological (only 4 out of every 10 remain alive at 5 years) and functional outcomes (1 out of 3 will need renal function replacement therapy after surgery). Up to a third of the patients had a recurrence (urethra or contralateral kidney) within 18 months, justifying close surveillance or considering prophylactic urethrectomy. These data should help in counsel on morbidity and life expectancy.
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- José Daniel Subiela
- Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, Universidad de Alcala, Madrid, Spain.
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- Urooncology Unit, Department of Urology, Fundació Puigvert, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; Department of Surgery, Barcelona, Spain
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- Urooncology Unit, Department of Urology, Fundació Puigvert, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; Department of Surgery, Barcelona, Spain
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- Urooncology Unit, Department of Urology, Fundació Puigvert, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; Department of Surgery, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Urology and Oncological Urology, Department of Public Health, Wrocław Medical University, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, Universidad de Alcala, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, Universidad de Alcala, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, Universidad de Alcala, Madrid, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS and CIBERONC, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, Universidad de Alcala, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, Universidad de Alcala, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Madrid, Spain
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Kim MH, Yuk HD, Jeong CW, Kwak C, Kim HH, Ku JH. Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate as a Prognostic Factor in Urothelial Carcinoma of the Upper Urinary Tract: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Clin Med 2021; 10:4155. [PMID: 34575266 PMCID: PMC8472261 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10184155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Revised: 09/03/2021] [Accepted: 09/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Preoperative renal function is associated with worse outcomes in patients undergoing radical nephroureterectomy (RNU). The purpose of this systemic review and meta-analysis was to determine the association of preoperative renal function with oncological outcome in patients who underwent RNU. We searched articles published up to March 2021 in PubMed, Scopus, and Embase by combining "urothelial carcinoma", "radical nephroureterectomy", and "estimated glomerular filtration rate". We also manually screened the reference list for publications following general guidelines recommended by the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) statement. The relationship between preoperative renal function and survival was expressed as overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), and cancer-specific survival (CSS). This review and meta-analysis included 13 studies involving a total of 4668 patients who received RNU. Pooled analysis showed significant negative association of preoperative renal function with PFS (HR: 1.51, 95% CI: 1.23-1.80, p < 0.00001), CSS (HR: 1.63, 95% CI: 1.38-1.92, p < 0.00001), and OS (HR: 1.22, 95% CI: 1.10-1.35, p < 0.00001). Patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) who received RNU showed a significant negative association of preoperative renal function with survival.
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- Department of Urology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul 03080, Korea; (M.H.K.); (H.D.Y.); (C.W.J.); (C.K.); (H.H.K.)
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Ishiyama Y, Kondo T, Kubota S, Shimada K, Yoshida K, Takagi T, Iizuka J, Tanabe K. Therapeutic benefit of lymphadenectomy for older patients with urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract: a propensity score matching study. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2021; 51:802-809. [PMID: 33434927 DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyaa256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Regional lymphadenectomy for urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract is sometimes avoided in older patients to reduce surgical burden. We aimed to evaluate the therapeutic impact of lymphadenectomy in older patients undergoing curative therapy for upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma. METHODS The patients with urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract older than 75 years at the time of surgery and without lymph node or distant metastasis who underwent curative therapy at two tertiary hospitals between 1994 and 2019 were retrospectively analyzed. Complete-lymphadenectomy was performed as per our protocol. Cancer-specific survival, overall survival and metastasis-free survival after surgery were evaluated between complete-lymphadenectomy and no/incomplete-lymphadenectomy groups before and after 1:1 propensity score matching. RESULTS The original cohort included 150 patients (median age, 80.71 years), and complete-lymphadenectomy was performed in 42 (28.00%) patients. Patients in complete-lymphadenectomy group were younger and less likely to be aged >80 years (both, P < 0.0001). After matching, 30 patients were allocated to each group and the ages were comparable (78.58 vs. 77.48 years, P = 0.1738). High-grade perioperative complication rates did not differ between groups both before and after matching. Cancer-specific survival, overall survival and metastasis-free survival were significantly longer in the complete-lymphadenectomy group both before and after matching (all, P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS This study suggests that complete-lymphadenectomy may provide therapeutic benefits for older patients. The decision to perform complete-lymphadenectomy must be based on the patient's physical condition, rather than his/her chronological age.
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- Yudai Ishiyama
- Department of Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University Medical Center East. 2-1-10 Nishiogu, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo 116-8567, Japan.,Department of Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University. 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0054, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University Medical Center East. 2-1-10 Nishiogu, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo 116-8567, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University Medical Center East. 2-1-10 Nishiogu, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo 116-8567, Japan.,Department of Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University. 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0054, Japan
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- Department of Biostatistics, STATZ Institute, Inc. 1-18 Haramachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0053, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University. 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0054, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University. 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0054, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University. 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0054, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University. 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0054, Japan
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Leow JJ, Liu Z, Tan TW, Lee YM, Yeo EK, Chong YL. Optimal Management of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma: Current Perspectives. Onco Targets Ther 2020; 13:1-15. [PMID: 32021250 PMCID: PMC6954076 DOI: 10.2147/ott.s225301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2019] [Accepted: 12/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) is a relatively uncommon urologic malignancy for which there has not been significant improvement in survival over the past few decades, highlighting the need for optimal multi-modality management. METHODS A non-systematic review of the latest literature was performed to include relevant articles up to June 2019. It summarizes the epidemiologic risk factors associated with UTUC, including smoking, carcinogenic aromatic amines, arsenic, aristolochic acid, and Lynch syndrome. Molecular pathways underlying UTUC and potential druggable targets are outlined. RESULTS Surgical management for UTUC includes kidney-sparing surgery (KSS) for low-risk disease and radical nephroureterectomy (RNU) for high-risk disease. Endoscopic management of UTUC may include ureteroscopic or percutaneous resection. Topical instillation therapy post-KSS aims to reduce recurrence, progression and to treat carcinoma-in-situ; this may be achieved retrogradely (via ureteric catheterization), antegradely (via percutaneous nephrostomy) or via reflux through double-J stent. RNU, which may be performed via open, laparoscopic or robot-assisted approaches, is the gold standard treatment for high-risk UTUC. The distal cuff may be dealt with extravesical, transvesical or endoscopic techniques. Peri-operative chemotherapy and immunotherapy are increasingly utilized; level 1 evidence exists for adjuvant chemotherapy, but neoadjuvant chemotherapy is favored as kidney function is better prior to RNU. Immunotherapy is primarily reserved for metastatic UTUC but is currently being investigated in the perioperative setting. CONCLUSION The optimal management of UTUC includes a firm understanding of the epidemiological factors and molecular pathways. Surgical management includes KSS for low-risk disease and RNU for high-risk disease. Peri-operative immunotherapy and chemotherapy may be considered as evidence mounts.
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- Jeffrey J Leow
- Department of Urology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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- Department of Urology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Department of Surgery, Woodlands Health Campus, Singapore
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- Department of Urology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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- Department of Urology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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- Department of Urology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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- Department of Urology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Template-based lymphadenectomy reduces the risk of regional lymph node recurrence among patients with upper/middle ureteral cancer. Int J Clin Oncol 2016; 22:145-152. [DOI: 10.1007/s10147-016-1024-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2016] [Accepted: 07/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Kondo T, Takagi T, Tanabe K. Therapeutic role of template-based lymphadenectomy in urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract. World J Clin Oncol 2015; 6:237-51. [PMID: 26677437 PMCID: PMC4675909 DOI: 10.5306/wjco.v6.i6.237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2015] [Revised: 08/14/2015] [Accepted: 10/01/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Lymphadenectomy for urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract has attracted the attention of physicians. The mapping study of lymphatic spread has shown that a relatively wide area should comprise the regional nodes for tumors of the right renal pelvis or the right upper two-thirds of the ureter. A prospective study showed that an anatomical template-based lymphadenectomy significantly improved patient survival in tumors of the renal pelvis. This benefit was more evident for patients with pT2 stage tumors or higher. The risk of regional node recurrence is significant reduced by template-based lymphadenectomy, which is likely to be associated with improved patient survival. The removal of lymph node micrometastases is assumed to be the reason for therapeutic benefit following lymphadenectomy. The number of resected lymph nodes can be used to assess the quality of lymphadenectomy, but not to determine the extent of lymphadenectomy. The guidelines currently recommend lymphadenectomy for patients with muscle-invasive disease, even though the current recommendation grades are still low. The present limitation of lymphadenectomy is the lack of standardization of the extent of lymphadenectomy and the randomized trials. Further studies are warranted to collect the evidence to support lymphadenectomy.
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Matin SF, Sfakianos JP, Espiritu PN, Coleman JA, Spiess PE. Patterns of Lymphatic Metastases in Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma and Proposed Dissection Templates. J Urol 2015; 194:1567-74. [PMID: 26094807 DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2015.06.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE Information on patterns of lymph node metastases for upper tract urothelial carcinoma is sparse. We investigated patterns of lymph node metastases in upper tract urothelial carcinoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a retrospective multi-institutional study of 73 patients with N+M0 upper tract urothelial carcinoma who underwent template lymphadenectomy during nephroureterectomy. Anatomical locations of tumor, and number of lymph nodes removed and positive lymph nodes were analyzed and descriptive statistics were performed. RESULTS On the right side the 20 renal pelvis tumors had lymph node metastases to the hilum in 22.1% of cases, and to paracaval, retrocaval and interaortocaval regions in 44.1%, 10.3% and 20.6%, respectively. The 10 proximal ureter tumors had lymph node metastases to the hilum in 46.2% of cases, and to paracaval and retrocaval regions in 46.2% and 7.7%, respectively. The 2 distal ureter tumors had lymph node metastases equally to the paracaval and pelvic regions. On the left side the 24 renal pelvis tumors had lymph node metastases to the hilum region in 50.0% of cases and to the para-aortic region in 30.0%. The 8 proximal ureter tumors had lymph node metastases to the hilum region in 36.4% of cases and the para-aortic region in 63.6%. The 5 mid ureter tumors had lymph node metastases to the para-aortic, common iliac and internal iliac regions in 40%, 40% and 20% of cases, respectively. The 4 distal ureter tumors had lymph node metastases to the para-aortic, common iliac, external iliac and internal iliac regions in 33.3%, 33.3%, 16.7% and 16.7% of cases, respectively. Interaortocaval involvement from both sides as well as out of field lymph node metastases appeared to occur secondarily. Consolidated templates were constructed based on the available data. CONCLUSIONS Upper tract urothelial carcinoma has characteristic patterns of lymph node metastases depending on the side and anatomical location of the primary tumor, including right-to-left migration and involvement of interaortocaval nodes in the setting of proximal disease. Standardized dissection templates should be prospectively evaluated in multicenter trials to assess morbidity and potential clinical benefit.
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- Surena F Matin
- Department of Urology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
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- Department of Surgery, Urology Division, Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Genitourinary Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Surgery, Urology Division, Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Surgery, Urology Division, Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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T Categorization of Urothelial Carcinomas of the Ureter With CT: Preliminary Study of New Diagnostic Criteria Proposed for Differentiating T2 or Lower From T3 or Higher. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2015; 204:792-7. [DOI: 10.2214/ajr.14.13167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Lucca I, Kassouf W, Kapoor A, Fairey A, Rendon RA, Izawa JI, Black PC, Fajkovic H, Seitz C, Remzi M, Nyirády P, Rouprêt M, Margulis V, Lotan Y, de Martino M, Hofbauer SL, Karakiewicz PI, Briganti A, Novara G, Shariat SF, Klatte T. The role of adjuvant chemotherapy for lymph node-positive upper tract urothelial carcinoma following radical nephroureterectomy: a retrospective study. BJU Int 2015; 116:72-8. [PMID: 24825476 DOI: 10.1111/bju.12801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of adjuvant chemotherapy (AC) on mortality after radical nephroureterectomy (RNU) for upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) with positive lymph nodes (LNs) and to identify patient subgroups that are most likely to benefit from AC. PATIENTS AND METHODS We retrospectively analysed data of 263 patients with LN-positive UTUC, who underwent full surgical resection. In all, 107 patients (41%) received three to six cycles of AC, while 156 (59.3%) were treated with RNU alone. UTUC-related mortality was evaluated using competing-risks regression models. RESULTS In all patients (T(all) N+), administration of AC had no significant impact on UTUC-related mortality on univariable (P = 0.49) and multivariable (P = 0.11) analysis. Further stratified analyses showed that only N+ patients with pT3-4 disease benefited from AC. In this subgroup, AC reduced UTUC-related mortality by 34% (P = 0.019). The absolute difference in mortality was 10% after the first year and increased to 23% after 5 years. On multivariable analysis, administration of AC was associated with significantly reduced UTUC-related mortality (subhazard ratio 0.67, P = 0.022). Limitations of this study are the retrospective non-randomised design, selection bias, absence of a central pathological review and different AC protocols. CONCLUSIONS AC seems to reduce mortality in patients with pT3-4 LN-positive UTUC after RNU. This subgroup of LN-positive patients could serve as target population for an AC prospective randomised trial.
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- Ilaria Lucca
- Department of Urology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Urology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Urology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Surgery (Urology), University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Surgery (Urology), University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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- Department of Urological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Urology, Landeskrankenhaus Weinviertel-Korneuburg, Korneuburg, Austria
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- Department of Urology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Urology, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié - Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, Faculty of Medicine Pierre et Marie Curie, Institut Universitaire de Cancérologie GRC5, University Paris 6, Paris, France
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- Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Urology, Urological Research Institute, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Surgical, Oncological and Gastroenterologic Sciences, Urology Clinic, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.,Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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Ito K, Kuroda K, Asakuma J, Hamada S, Tachi K, Tasaki S, Sato A, Horiguchi A, Seguchi K, Asano T. Preoperative risk factors for extraurothelial recurrence in patients with ureteral cancer treated with radical nephroureterectomy. J Urol 2014; 191:1685-92. [PMID: 24423440 DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2013.12.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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PURPOSE Recent studies have suggested that lymph node dissection may improve the prognosis in patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma. Therefore, patients who will benefit from lymph node dissection need to be selected before surgery. Because patients who have extraurothelial recurrence theoretically include those whose prognoses are improved by lymph node dissection, we conducted this study to determine the preoperative predictors of extraurothelial recurrence in patients with ureteral cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS Because it is not appropriate to categorize the preoperative radiologic findings of ureteral cancer and those of renal pelvic cancer using the same classification criteria, we focused on ureteral cancer. We reviewed preoperative factors in 70 patients with ureteral cancer treated with radical nephroureterectomy. Laboratory tests including inflammatory indices, tumor markers and estimated glomerular filtration rate, along with radiologic findings, were evaluated. Multivariate analyses were performed to determine independent factors predicting extraurothelial recurrence in patients with ureteral cancer. RESULTS Positive cytology, cT stage 3 or greater, length of ureteral cancer 3 cm or greater and estimated glomerular filtration rate less than 60 ml/minute/1.73 m2 were independent predictors of extraurothelial recurrence on multivariate analysis. When patients were stratified into 3 groups according to the number of risk factors, the 3-year extraurothelial recurrence-free survival rates were 95.2% in the low risk group, 75.8% in the intermediate risk group and 25.1% in the high risk group. CONCLUSIONS Positive cytology, cT stage 3 or greater, length of ureteral cancer 3 cm or greater and estimated glomerular filtration rate less than 60 ml/minute/1.73 m2 were preoperative predictive factors of extraurothelial recurrence in patients with ureteral cancer and lymph node dissection may be omitted for low risk patients.
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- Keiichi Ito
- Department of Urology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan.
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- Department of Urology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Urology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Urology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Urology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Urology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Urology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Urology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Urology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Urology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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Youssef RF, Yair L, Sagalowsky AI, Shariat SF, Wood CG, Raman JD, Cord L, Richard Z, Marco R, Francesco M, Christian B, Wassim K, Vitaly M. Radical nephroureterectomy for pathologic T4 upper tract urothelial cancer: can oncologic outcomes be improved with multimodality therapy? Int Braz J Urol 2013; 39:614-21. [DOI: 10.1590/s1677-5538.ibju.2013.05.02] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2013] [Accepted: 09/09/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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- Ramy F. Youssef
- UT Southwestern Medical Center (RFY, YL, AIS, VM), United States
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- UT Southwestern Medical Center (RFY, YL, AIS, VM), United States
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- UT Southwestern Medical Center (RFY, YL, AIS, VM), United States
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- UT Southwestern Medical Center (RFY, YL, AIS, VM), United States
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- UT Southwestern Medical Center (RFY, YL, AIS, VM), United States
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- UT Southwestern Medical Center (RFY, YL, AIS, VM), United States
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- UT Southwestern Medical Center (RFY, YL, AIS, VM), United States
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- UT Southwestern Medical Center (RFY, YL, AIS, VM), United States
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- UT Southwestern Medical Center (RFY, YL, AIS, VM), United States
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Rink M, Sjoberg D, Comploj E, Margulis V, Xylinas E, Lee RK, Hansen J, Cha EK, Raman JD, Remzi M, Bensalah K, Novara G, Matin SF, Chun FK, Kikuchi E, Kassouf W, Martinez-Salamanca JI, Lotan Y, Seitz C, Pycha A, Zigeuner R, Karakiewicz PI, Scherr DS, Vickers AJ, Shariat SF. Risk of cancer-specific mortality following recurrence after radical nephroureterectomy. Ann Surg Oncol 2012; 19:4337-44. [PMID: 22805867 PMCID: PMC3576920 DOI: 10.1245/s10434-012-2499-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2012] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
PURPOSE To describe the natural history and identify predictors of cancer-specific survival in patients who experience disease recurrence after radical nephroureterectomy (RNU) for upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC). METHODS Of 2,494 UTUC patients treated with RNU without neoadjuvant chemotherapy, 597 patients experienced disease recurrence. A total of 148 patients (25 %) received adjuvant chemotherapy before disease recurrence. Multivariable Cox regression model addressed time to cancer-specific mortality after disease recurrence. RESULTS The median time from RNU to disease recurrence was 12 months (interquartile range 5-22). A total of 491 (82 %) of 597 patients died from UTUC, and 8 patients (1.3 %) died from other causes. The median time from disease recurrence to death of UTUC was 10 months. Actuarial cancer-specific survival estimate at 12 months after disease recurrence was 35 %. On multivariable analysis that adjusted for the effects of standard clinicopathologic characteristics, higher tumor stages [hazard ratio (HR) pT3 vs. pT0-T1: 1.66, p = 0.001; HR pT4 vs. pT0-T1: 1.90, p = 0.002], absence of lymph node dissection (HR 1.28, p = 0.041), ureteral tumor location (HR 1.44, p < 0.0005) and a shorter interval from surgery to disease recurrence (p < 0.0005) were significantly associated with cancer-specific mortality. The adjusted 6-, 12- and 24-month postrecurrence cancer-specific mortality was 73, 60 and 57 %, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Approximately 80 % of patients who experience disease recurrence after RNU die within 2 years after recurrence. Patients with non-organ-confined stage, absence of lymph node dissection, ureteral tumor location and/or shorter time to disease recurrence died of their tumor more quickly than their counterparts. These factors should be considered in patient counseling and risk stratification for salvage treatment decision making.
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Affiliation(s)
- Michael Rink
- Weill Cornell Medical College, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
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