Adjuvant chemotherapy in T3 upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma: retrospective cohort study

Abstract Background The benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy was investigated for patients with T3 upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) who underwent radical nephroureterectomy. Methods This is a multicenter retrospective observational study of 482 patients with pathological T3 N0 and Nx UTUC who underwent radical nephroureterectomy with and without adjuvant chemotherapy. The median overall survival (OS), cancer-specific survival (CSS), and disease-free survival (DFS) of patients who received adjuvant chemotherapy were analyzed to determine predictors of patient prognosis. Results Of the 482 patients, 140 (29.0%) received adjuvant chemotherapy. Adjuvant chemotherapy showed a benefit only for the median DFS rate (58% vs 49%; p = 0.04). Multivariate analyses revealed that adjuvant chemotherapy improved median DFS (HR 0.537; CI 0.35–0.83; p = 0.005). Surgical margin also significantly influenced median OS (HR 4.038; p < 0.001), CSS (HR 3.926; p < 0.001), and DFS (HR 3.201; p < 0.001). Conclusions Adjuvant chemotherapy improved DFS but did not improve OS or CSS in patients with pathological T3 N0 and Nx UTUC..

Medienart:

Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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ResearchSquare.com - (2023) vom: 20. Apr. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chang, Yi-Huei [VerfasserIn]
Hsiao, Po-Jen [VerfasserIn]
Weng, Han-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Tai, Ta-Yao [VerfasserIn]
Yeh, Hsin-Chih [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Hsiang-Ying [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Chao-Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Chung-Hsin [VerfasserIn]
Tsai, Yao-Chou [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Chih-Chin [VerfasserIn]
Tsai, Chung-You [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Pai-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Hsueh, Thomas Y. [VerfasserIn]
Chiu, Allen W. [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Yuan-Hong [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Yu-Khun [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yung-Tai [VerfasserIn]
Chuech, Leonard S. [VerfasserIn]
Chiang, Bing-Juin [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Hsu-Che [VerfasserIn]
Chen, I-Hsuan Alan [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Jen-Tai [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Wei Yu [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Su-Wei [VerfasserIn]
Fang, Jen-Kai [VerfasserIn]
Hsu, Hui-Tsung [VerfasserIn]
Chung, Chi-Jung [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Chi-Ping [VerfasserIn]

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Biology

doi:

10.21203/rs.3.rs-2667589/v1

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XRA039155358