[Upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma: current treatment options and minimally invasive approaches].
OBJECTIVE
Upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma (UUT-TCC) is a rare disease. Open nephroure-terectomy remains the gold standard for surgical treatment. We aim to evaluate the standing of novel surgical treatment in UUT-TCC.


METHODS
Extensive review of available literature on UUT-TCC, with emphasis in surgical treatment. English medical literature available in PubMed, Ovid, EMBASE y Science Direct was employed for the study.


RESULTS
Laparoscopic nephroureterectomy, ureteroscopy and percutaneous treatment are the available surgical options that based on adequate patient selection offer acceptable cancer control.


CONCLUSIONS
Indications for the treatment of UT-TCC are expanding and this allows clinicians to tailor treatment while preserving oncological results.
Vidal Mora
Ivar
I
Unidad de Endourología y Laparoscopía Urológica, Clínica Santa María, Las Condes, Santiago de Chile.
Castillo
Octavio
O
Velasco Palma
Alfredo
A
Sánchez-Salas
Rafael
R
Campos Pantoja
Rodrigo
R
D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D014516:Ureteral Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D018666:Ureteroscopy