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Abstract
Objective
To provide a comprehensive understanding of the clinical features of patients with synchronous and metachronous upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) and bladder urothelial carcinoma (BUC) and inform surgical and postoperative adjuvant treatment planning.
Patients and Method
A total of 292 consecutive patients with synchronous and metachronous UTUC-BUC were retrospectively enrolled and were categorized into three groups: (1) UTUC metachronous BUC (N = 185, UTUC-mBUC), (2) BUC-metachronous UTUC (N = 43, BUC-mUTUC), (3) synchronous UTUC-BUC (N = 64, sUTUC-BUC). We compared pathological characteristics and survival data among groups with Wilcoxon's rank sum tests, Pearson's chi-squared, and the Kaplan–Meier method.
Results
In the sUTUC-BUC group, a higher proportion of patients exhibited UTUC tumors with grade G3 (56%, P = .001) and stage T4 (6%, P < .001) than group UTUC-mBUC (G3 = 16%, T4 = 0%). The proportion of patients with variant histology subtype in group sUTUC-BUC was higher than that of metachronous UTUC-BUC, involving squamous (P = .003), adenoid (P = .012), and sarcomatoid (P < .001) differentiation. It was also observed that the maximum diameter of the UTUC tumor of group sUTUC-BUC (median = 3.5) was significantly larger than group UTUC-mBUC (median = 2.5, P = .002) and group BUC-mUTUC (median = 2.2, P < .001). Notably, sUTUC-BUC has an increased risk of cancer-specific death compared with UTUC-mBUC (P < .001) and BUC-mUTUC (P < .001). On multivariable Cox regression, synchronous UTUC-BUC was an independent predictor of both RFS (P < .001; vs. UTUC-mBUC: HR 0.555, P = .004; vs. BUC-mUTUC: HR 0.279, P < .001) and CSS (P < .001, HR 29.737). Moreover, sUTUC-BUC showed a better response to intravesical therapy and chemotherapy with higher cancer-specific survival (P < .001) and recurrence-free survival (P = .034).
Conclusions
The prognosis and pathological characteristics among different metachronous and synchronous UTUC and BUC were diverse. The synchronous UTUC-BUC group showed variant histology subtype, high-grade tumors, advanced tumors, multifocal UTUC, worse cancer-specific survival, but better response to intravesical therapy and chemotherapy.
期刊介绍:
Clinical Genitourinary Cancer is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes original articles describing various aspects of clinical and translational research in genitourinary cancers. Clinical Genitourinary Cancer is devoted to articles on detection, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of genitourinary cancers. The main emphasis is on recent scientific developments in all areas related to genitourinary malignancies. Specific areas of interest include clinical research and mechanistic approaches; drug sensitivity and resistance; gene and antisense therapy; pathology, markers, and prognostic indicators; chemoprevention strategies; multimodality therapy; and integration of various approaches.