Renal pelvic transitional cell carcinoma. The role of the kidney in tumor-node-metastasis staging.

Guinan, P; Volgelzang, N J; Randazzo, R; Fremgen, A; Chmiel, J; Sylvester, J; Sener, S · Cancer · 1992

retrospective_cohort · Level III

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Abstract

Renal pelvic carcinoma is a rare tumor. There are several staging systems currently in use based on a bladder cancer staging model. An analysis of the American Cancer Society, Illinois Division, experience with 611 cases of renal pelvic transitional cell carcinoma suggested that the kidney parenchyma may be a determinant in the anatomic spread of disease. A tumor-node-metastasis system for renal pelvic (separate from ureteral) cancer is recommended.

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