Simone Morra, Lukas Scheipner, Andrea Baudo, Letizia Maria Ippolita Jannello, Mario de Angelis, Carolin Siech, Jordan A Goyal, Nawar Touma, Zhe Tian, Fred Saad, Gianluigi Califano, Roberto la Rocca, Marco Capece, Shahrokh F Shariat, Sascha Ahyai, Luca Carmignani, Ottavio de Cobelli, Gennaro Musi, Alberto Briganti, Felix K H Chun, Nicola Longo, Pierre I Karakiewicz
BACKGROUND: It is unknown whether regional differences in patient, tumor, and treatment characteristics of upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) patients exist and may potentially result in regional overall mortality (OM) differences. We tested for inter-regional differences, according to Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) registries. METHODS: Using SEER database 2000 to 2016, patient (age, sex, race/ethnicity), tumor (location, grade) and treatment (nephroureterectomy, systemic therapy [ST]) characteristics of UTUC patients of all-stages were tabulated and graphically depicted in a stage-specific fashion (T1-2 N0 M0 vs...
February 8, 2024: Urologic Oncology