Epidemiology, clinical presentation, and evaluation of upper-tract urothelial carcinoma
Firas G. Petros
Abstract
An overview of epidemiological pattern of upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC), including outcome of UTUC over past decades as well as factors responsible for observed epidemiological changes was performed. Gender and racial disparities influencing incidence of UTUC were reviewed. The incidence of multifocal urothelial carcinoma and relation of UTUC to urothelial carcinoma of bladder were examined.
Topics & Concepts
EpidemiologyIncidence (geometry)Urothelial carcinomaMedicineUrologyPresentation (obstetrics)CarcinomaUrothelial cancerOncologyInternal medicineBladder cancerCancerObstetricsOpticsPhysicsBladder and Urothelial Cancer TreatmentsUrinary and Genital Oncology StudiesEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment