When do you recommend postoperative radiation therapy for a ureter carcinoma?
Does histology, i.e. urothelial carcinoma versus squamous cell carcinoma, impact this decision?
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Radiation Oncology · David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
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The role of postoperative radiotherapy for ureteral cancers (and, by extension/association renal pelvis cancers) is controversial. Patients who might stand the most to benefit from adjuvant radiotherapy are those with locally advanced disease; unfortunately, these patients have a high risk of distan...
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