Comparison of Radical Nephroureterectomy and Partial Ureterectomy for the Treatment of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of patients who underwent RNU or PU.

	RNU ()	PU ()	value
Age	67 (43–86)	75 (57–83)	0.011
Male	52 (47.71%)	23 (47.92%)	0.981
ECOG			<0.001
0	109 (100%)	39 (81.25%)
1	0 (0%)	9 (18.75%)
Pathological tumor stage			0.444
Tis-T1	28 (25.69%)	15 (31.25%)
T2-T3	80 (73.39%)	32 (66.67%)
Tumor grade			0.392
Low	37 (33.94%)	21 (43.75%)
High	71 (65.14%)	26 (54.17%)
Tumor multifocality	15 (13.8%)	5 (10.4%)	0.562
Adjuvant chemotherapy	0	0
Lymph node dissection	0 (0%)	2 (4.2%)	0.092
Carcinoma in situ	3 (2.8%)	2 (4.2%)	0.642
eGFR			0.878
CKD stage III or higher	51 (46.79%)	22 (45.83%)	0.912
Follow-up	59 (6–135)	34.5 (5–135)	0.002

RNU: radical nephroureterectomy; PU: partial ureterectomy; ECOG: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; CKD: chronic kidney disease.