[A clinical study of renal pelvic and ureteral cancer: prognosis and frequency of subsequent bladder cancer following surgical treatment].

Purpose: A retrospective investigation of patients presenting with renal pelvic and ureteral cancer was performed. This study focused on the prognostic factors and frequency of subsequent bladder cancer following surgical treatment.

Materials And Methods: Forty-five patients presenting with transitional cell carcinoma, who had undergone nephroureterectomy at the Department of Urology, Okayama Central Hospital, from March 1990 to November 2000, were reviewed.