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Efficacy of Preoperative Chemotherapy for High Risk Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

Beat Foerster, Mohammad Abufaraj, Firas G. Petros, Mounsif Azizi, Mohit Gupta, D.G. Schweitzer, Vitaly Margulis, Takehiro Iwata, Shoji Kimura, Ahmad Shabsigh, Alberto Briganti, Ja Hyun Ku, Tim Muilwijk, Wassim Kassouf, Surena F. Matin, Philippe E. Spiess, Phillip M. Pierorazio, Kees Hendricksen, Shahrokh F. Shariat, Timothy N. Clinton, Tatevik Broutian, Marco Bandini, Leonardo L. Monteiro, Ross Liao, Marco Moschini, Trinity J. Bivalacqua, Laura‐Maria Krabbe, Yasutomo Nasu, Shin Egawa, Steven Joniau, Hubert John, Michiel S. van der Heijden, Petr Glybochko, Harun Fajković, Nirmish Singla, Andrea Necchi

The Journal of Urology · 2020

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Summary

Pathological downstaging after preoperative chemotherapy is a robust prognostic factor at radical nephroureterectomy and is associated with improved survival outcomes. Although preoperative chemotherapy appears to be effective, well designed prospective studies are still needed.

Source type
Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.1097/ju.0000000000000737
Catalogue ID
BFmoef2rp2-snfdo8
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