Urothelial Malignancies of the Upper Urinary Tract

Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Epidemiology and Presentation  (Muhammad S. Choudhury)....Pages 3-13
 Prognostic Factors and Predictive Tools in Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma  (Aurélie Mbeutcha, Tobias Klatte, Romain Mathieu, Shahrokh F. Shariat)....Pages 15-32
 What is a Kidney Worth?  (Eric J. Moskowitz)....Pages 33-38
Front Matter ....Pages 39-39
 The Radiology of Upper Tract Collecting System Neoplasms  (Stuart Bentley-Hibbert, Jeffrey H. Newhouse)....Pages 41-54
 Virtual Ureteroscopy of Upper Tract Urothelial Tumors  (Angela Tong, Anthony Gilet)....Pages 55-62
 Endoluminal Ultrasound for Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma  (Scott G. Hubosky, Raghu Vikram, Surena F. Matin)....Pages 63-70
 Genetics Factors and Tumor Markers in Upper Urinary Tract-Urothelial Carcinoma  (Mark Ferretti, John L. Phillips)....Pages 71-83
 Upper Urinary Tract Carcinoma In Situ  (Jay D. Raman, Joshua L. Warrick, Grant P. Redrow, Surena F. Matin)....Pages 85-95
 From Bedside to Endoscopy to Microscopy to Diagnosis: Samples Collection and Processing  (Esther Chaewon Yoon, Minghao Zhong)....Pages 97-105
 Pathology of Urothelial Malignancies of the Upper Urinary Tract  (Sabina Hajiyeva, Minghao Zhong)....Pages 107-117
Front Matter ....Pages 119-119
 Characteristics of Semirigid and Flexible Ureteroscopes for Upper Tract Tumors  (Arash Akhavein, Manoj Monga)....Pages 121-128
 Narrow Band Imaging in the Evaluation of Upper Tract Urothelial Cancer  (Barak Rosenzweig, Harry Herr, Jonathan A. Coleman)....Pages 129-143
 Blue Light Endoscopy  (Saman Moazami, Mark P. Schoenberg, Joshua M. Stern)....Pages 145-153
 Instruments for Upper Tract Biopsy and Treatment  (Ariel Schulman, Majid Eshghi)....Pages 155-164
 Semirigid and Flexible Ureteroscopy  (Arash Akhavein, Manoj Monga)....Pages 165-169
 Distal and Segmental Ureterectomy  (Ahmed A. Aboumohamed, Reza Ghavamian)....Pages 171-177
 Open Nephroureterectomy  (Reza Mehrazin, Carl A. Olsson)....Pages 179-184
 Surgical Advances in Nephroureterectomy: Laparoscopic and Robotic Approaches  (Jonathan Bloom, John L. Phillips)....Pages 185-200
 Management of Distal Ureter in Nephroureterectomy—Controversies  (Nariman Ahmadi, Inderbir Gill)....Pages 201-210
 Complications of Nephroureterectomy  (Abhishek Srivastava, Reza Ghavamian)....Pages 211-220
 Rigid Uretero-Resectoscopic Management of Ureteral Tumors  (Joel Hillelsohn, Majid Eshghi)....Pages 221-230
 Percutaneous Resection of Renal Pelvis and Calyceal Tumors  (Majid Eshghi, Joel Hillelsohn, Roger Yau)....Pages 231-248
 Urothelial Carcinoma in Transplanted, Pelvic, and End Stage Kidneys  (Roger Yau, Majid Eshghi)....Pages 249-253
 Metastatic Nodal Pattern: Is There a Role for Paraaortic Lymph Node Dissection  (David M. Golombos, Patrick Lewicki, Jullet Han, Douglas S. Scherr)....Pages 255-266
 Diagnosis and Management of Upper Urinary Tract Recurrences After Radical Cystectomy  (Mark Ferretti, Jonathan Bloom, John L. Phillips)....Pages 267-281
 Surveillance of the Upper Tract After Conservative Treatment  (Joel Hillelsohn, Majid Eshghi)....Pages 283-287
 Analysis of Conservative Treatment of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma  (Joel Hillelsohn, Ariel Schulman, Majid Eshghi)....Pages 289-298
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 Intracavitary Topical Chemo and Immune Therapy of the Upper Tract  (Joel Hillelsohn, Majid Eshghi, Arthur D. Smith)....Pages 301-314
 Systemic Chemotherapy for Upper Tract Urothelial Cancer  (Surena F. Matin)....Pages 315-321
 The Role of Radiation Therapy for Upper Urinary Tract Malignancies  (Alfredo I. Urdaneta, Mitchell S. Anscher)....Pages 323-336
Back Matter ....Pages 337-403