Metastasectomy Improves Survival in Patients with Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma

Autor: Yuta Takezawa, Aerken Maolake, Yusuke Shimura, Atsushi Mizokami, Takahiro Nohara, Kouji Izumi, Kazuyoshi Shigehara, Yoshifumi Kadono, Ariunbold Natsagdorj, Hiroaki Iwamoto
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Anticancer Research. 36:5557-5562
ISSN: 1791-7530
0250-7005
DOI: 10.21873/anticanres.11140
Popis: Metastatic urothelial carcinoma is one of the most fatal urological malignancies. Cisplatin-based systemic chemotherapy is the standard treatment for metastatic urothelial carcinoma, and there is little evidence to support metastasectomy. The aims of the study were to evaluate the efficacy of metastasectomy and to investigate the prognoses of the patients. The study included 436 patients with urothelial carcinoma who were treated at our hospital. Of these, we included and retrospectively analyzed 29 patients who received curative treatment for the primary tumor and had been treated for metastases. Seven of these patients underwent metastasectomy. In a multivariate analysis, a serum C-reactive protein level before treatment for metastasis of
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