title: Correlation between surgical modality and clinicopathologic characteristics for ureteral transitional cell carcinoma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the relationship between surgical modality and clinicopathologic features for ureteral transitional cell carcinoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  The correlation between surgical modality and clinicopathology characteristics of 146 patients with ureteral carcinoma having undergone surgery was evaluated using univariate analysis by a general linear model.
  
  
  RESULTS
  43.8%, 51.4% and 4.8% of patients experienced nephroureterectomy, renal conservation management and palliative operations, respectively, with a mean survival time of 97.3, 101.3 and 51.0 months (p=0.069) accordingly. Univariate analysis by general linear model indicated that the size of lesions, pathologic stage and tumour grade had a statistically significant impact on surgical modality (p=0.000, p=0.001 and p=0.017, respectively).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Tumour stage and grade, as well as tumour size, correlate with surgical modality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bing-bing
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Han-zhong
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhong-ming
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hua
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Qing-hai
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhi-gang
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yujiang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014516:Ureteral Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*