Concurrent Preoperative Presence of Hydronephrosis and Flank Pain Independently Predicts Worse Outcome of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma.

To investigate the impact of preoperative hydronephrosis and flank pain on prognosis of patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma.In total, 472 patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma managed by radical nephroureterectomy were included from Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital Healthcar...

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Main Authors: Hsin-Chih Yeh, Hau-Chern Jan, Wen-Jeng Wu, Ching-Chia Li, Wei-Ming Li, Hung-Lung Ke, Shu-Pin Huang, Chia-Chu Liu, Yung-Chin Lee, Sheau-Fang Yang, Peir-In Liang, Chun-Nung Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4607422?pdf=render