Upper tract urothelial carcinoma topical issue 2016: treatment of metastatic cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To review the management of metastatic upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) including recent advances in targeted and immune therapies as an update to the 2014 joint international consultation on UTUC, co-sponsored by the Société Internationale d'Urologie and International Consultation on Urological Diseases.

Methods

A PubMed database search was performed between January 2013 and May 2016 related to the treatment of metastatic UTUC, and 54 studies were selected for inclusion.

Results

The management of patients with metastatic UTUC is primarily an extrapolation from evidence guiding the management of metastatic urothelial carcinoma of the bladder. The first-line therapy for metastatic UTUC is platinum-based combination chemotherapy. Standard second-line ther

SUBMITTER: Pham MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6777567 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature