Providence, RI, The City of Hope, Comprehensive National Cancer Center, Duarte, CA
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Research Article
Squamous Cell Malignancies of the Upper Urinary Tract: A Survival Study and a Systematic Review of the Literature
Author(s): Anthony Pham, Gerald Colvin and David BerzAnthony Pham, Gerald Colvin and David Berz
Background: Carcinomas of the renal pelvis and ureter are rare diseases. Previous reports suggest that squamous cell histology is associated with inferior survival. We present one of the largest population based analysis to date of survival in patients with upper urinary tract malignancies and a systematic review of the subject.
Methods: We analyzed the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results database for cancer specific survival rates in patients with renal pelvis and ureteral malignancies who were diagnosed between 1973 and 2004 in the SEER catchment geographic areas. The primary exposure of interest was the underlying histology, squamous cell versus transitional cell differentiation. We performed descriptive statistics, non parametric survival analysis, and cox proportional hazard analysis.
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DOI:
10.4172/1948-5956.S4-001
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