title: Nephroureterectomy: rationale in the management of transitional cell carcinoma of the upper urinary tract.
abstract: Radical nephroureterectomy including a bladder cuff is advocated as the surgical procedure of choice in the management of tumors of the upper urinary tract. The application of a standard pathologic staging system of upper urinary tract tumors should permit an improved understanding of the natural history of upper tract disease. Further, such a system would permit an evaluation of the role of specific therapeutic intervention, correlating survival and disease staging.
mesh_terms: D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009392:Nephrectomy; D014513:Ureter / Q000601:surgery*; D014516:Ureteral Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*