Publications by authors named "Hirokazu Kagawa"
Background: Despite the availability of advanced imaging technologies, it remains difficult to achieve sufficient staging accuracy to ensure a tailored treatment strategy for patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC). The aim of the study was to identify preoperative risk factors for tumor upstaging in patients with UTUC initially staged as clinical T2 or lower and to analyze these factors separately for renal pelvic cancer and ureteral cancer.
Methods: This retrospective study included data from patients with UTUC who underwent nephroureterectomy.
Article Synopsis
- * A study analyzed 895 patients who underwent nephroureterectomy for UTUC, categorizing them into two groups: those eligible for adjuvant immunotherapy and those not eligible, and evaluated their oncological outcomes through statistical models.
- * Findings indicated that the group eligible for adjuvant immunotherapy had poorer recurrence-free, cancer-specific, and overall survival rates, with pathological grades and lymphovascular invasion serving as significant risk factors for survival outcomes.