Long term survival in elderly patients with resectable upper tract urothelial carcinoma: analysis of hospital-based cancer registry data in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To clarify the long-term prognoses of elderly upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) patients after surgery.

Methods

We used a hospital-based cancer registry data in Japan to extract patients with pT1-3N0M0 UTUC diagnosed in 2009 who underwent surgery, and classified them by age group (≤ 64, 65-74, ≥ 75 years old). We estimated the 10-year overall survival (OS) by a Kaplan-Meier analysis. For cancer survival estimation, we calculated the 10-year net survival (NS) by Pohar-Preme method using the Japanese life tables.

Results

A total of 1139 UTUC patients (564 renal pelvic cancer [RPC] and 575 ureteral cancer [UrC]) were identified. The 10-year OS rates for elderly RPC patients (≥ 75 years old) were significantly worse than for younger patients (≤ 64 years o

SUBMITTER: Suzuki S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11907843 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature