Abstract
Purpose
To investigate the relationship between surgical modality and clinicopathologic features for ureteral transitional cell carcinoma.
Methods
The correlation between surgical modality and clinicopathology characteristics of 146 patients with ureteral carcinoma having undergone surgery was evaluated using univariate analysis by a general linear model.
Results
43.8%, 51.4% and 4.8% of patients experienced nephroureterectomy, renal conservation management and palliative operations, respectively, with a mean survival time of 97.3, 101.3 and 51.0 months (p=0.069) accordingly. Univariate analysis by general linear model indicated that the size of lesions, pathologic stage and tumour grade had a statistically significant impact on surgical modality (p=0.000, p=0.001 and p=0.017, respectively).
Conclusion
Tumour stage and grade, as well as tumour size, correlate with surgical modality.
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Bing-bing, S., Cheng, C., Han-zhong, L. et al. Correlation between surgical modality and clinicopathologic characteristics for ureteral transitional cell carcinoma. Clin Transl Oncol 14, 312–316 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12094-012-0800-8
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