Francesco Ditonno, Antonio Franco, Alessandro Veccia, Riccardo Bertolo, Zhenjie Wu, Linhui Wang, Firas Abdollah, Marco Finati, Giuseppe Simone, Gabriele Tuderti, Emma Helstrom, Andres Correa, Ottavio De Cobelli, Matteo Ferro, Francesco Porpiglia, Daniele Amparore, Antonio Tufano, Sisto Perdonà, Raj Bhanvadia, Vitaly Margulis, Stephan Brönimann, Nirmish Singla, Dhruv Puri, Ithaar H Derweesh, Dinno F Mendiola, Mark L Gonzalgo, Reuben Ben-David, Reza Mehrazin, Sol C Moon, Soroush Rais-Bahrami, Courtney Yong, Chandru P Sundaram, Farshad Sheybaee Moghaddam, Alireza Ghoreifi, Hooman Djaladat, Riccardo Autorino, Alessandro Antonelli
BACKGROUND: Diagnostic ureteroscopy (URS) with or without biopsy remains a subject of contention in the management of upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC), with varying recommendations across different guidelines. The study aims to analyse the decision-making and prognostic role of diagnostic ureteroscopy (URS) in high-risk UTUC patients undergoing curative surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this retrospective multi-institutional analysis of high-risk UTUC patients from the ROBUUST dataset, a comparison between patients who received or not preoperative URS and biopsy before curative surgery was carried out...
May 16, 2024: Urologic Oncology