Perioperative chemotherapy in upper tract urothelial carcinoma: a comprehensive review
Perioperative chemotherapy in upper tract urothelial carcinoma: a comprehensive review
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For the Young Academic Urologists Urothelial Carcinoma Group of the European Association of Urology , Young Academic Urologists Urothelial Carcinoma Group of the European Association of Urology , Aziz, Atiqullah , Dobruch, Jakub , Hendricksen, Kees , Kluth, Luis A. , Necchi, Andrea , Noon, Aidan , Rink, Michael , Roghmann, Florian , Seiler, Roland , Gontero, Paolo , Kassouf, Wassim , Shariat, Shahrokh F. and Xylinas, Evanguelos
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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English
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Purpose
To evaluate the role of neoadjuvant (NAC) and adjuvant chemotherapy (AC) in patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) treated with radical nephroureterectomy (RNU).
Methods
A comprehensive review of the current literature was performed searching for all studies investigating NAC and AC in UTUC in MEDLINE and
https://clinicaltrials.gov
, prior to April 2016. The following keywords were used: “ureteral neoplasms,” “urothelium,” “ureter,” “upper tract urothelial,” “chemotherapy,” “adjuvant,” “neoadjuvant” and relevant variants.
Results
No randomized trials investigated the role of AC or NAC for UTUC. There was one prospective study with
n
= 36 patients investig...
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Perioperative chemotherapy in upper tract urothelial carcinoma: a comprehensive review
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Author / Creator
Young Academic Urologists Urothelial Carcinoma Group of the European Association of Urology
Aziz, Atiqullah
Dobruch, Jakub
Hendricksen, Kees
Kluth, Luis A.
Necchi, Andrea
Noon, Aidan
Rink, Michael
Roghmann, Florian
Seiler, Roland
Gontero, Paolo
Kassouf, Wassim
Shariat, Shahrokh F.
Xylinas, Evanguelos
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1857752599
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1857752599
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0724-4983
E-ISSN
1433-8726
DOI
10.1007/s00345-016-1995-z
