Primary Carcinoma of the Ureter
- 1 March 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 123 (3), 357-359
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(17)55935-2
Abstract
Records were reviewed for 44 patients with primary carcinoma of the ureter. The lesion was transitional cell carcinoma in 40 patients, squamous carcinoma in 3 and unclassified carcinoma in 1. The distal ureter was the site of origin in 73% of the patients. The overall 5 yr survival rate of 67% was influenced by the grade and the stage of the tumor. Other factors, such as age and sex of patient and multiplicity of tumors, did not have a significant influence on survival. Conservative management should be limited to patients with low grade non-invasive tumors confined to the distal ureter. Adjuvant radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy deserves further evaluation in the management of patients with invasive disease.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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