Preoperative C-Reactive Protein in the Serum: A Prognostic Biomarker for Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma Treated with Radical Nephroureterectomy

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-407729
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.40772

Aziz, Atiqullah ; Rink, Michael ; Kluth, L. A. ; Dechet, C. ; Miller, Florian ; Otto, Wolfgang ; Gierth, Michael ; Denzinger, Stefan ; Schwentner, C. ; Stenzl, Arnulf ; Fisch, Margit ; Burger, Maximilian ; Fritsche, Hans-Martin

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Abstract

Objective: To investigate the impact of preoperative serum C-reactive protein (CRP) on clinicopathological features and prognosis in patients with upper tract urothelial cancer (UTUC) after radical nephroureterectomy (RNU). Patients andMethods: Data of 265 patients from three German centers who underwent RNU for UTUC without neoadjuvant chemotherapy between 1990 and 2012 were evaluated. Mean ...