Diagnosis, workup, and risk stratification of upper tract urothelial carcinoma.

ABSTRACT: Upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) is a relatively rare disease that presents unique challenges to urologists from both a diagnostic and management standpoint. UTUC is a clinically heterogenous disease with a varied natural history, and given its location in the upper urinary tract, treatment has the potential to cause or worsen chronic kidney disease. Therefore, physicians caring for patients with UTUC must be facile with multiple diagnostic and therapeutic strategies in order to provide optimal patient care. We present an overview of the epidemiology, histology, risk factors, and contemporary approach to the diagnosis, laboratory evaluation, imaging, and risk stratification for patients with UTUC. Computerized tomographic urography, thorough endoscopic evaluation, and biopsy (endosc

SUBMITTER: Zganjar AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10560346 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature