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Ureter carcinoma

MedGen UID:
109002
•Concept ID:
C0600079
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Carcinoma of the Ureter; carcinoma of the ureter; Carcinoma of Ureter; carcinoma of ureter; Ureter Carcinoma; ureter carcinoma; Ureteral Carcinoma; ureteral carcinoma
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0006481

Definition

A carcinoma of the ureter. The majority of ureter carcinomas are transitional cell and less frequently squamous cell carcinomas or adenocarcinomas. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

European Association of Urology Guidelines on Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma: 2020 Update.
Rouprêt M, Babjuk M, Burger M, Capoun O, Cohen D, Compérat EM, Cowan NC, Dominguez-Escrig JL, Gontero P, Hugh Mostafid A, Palou J, Peyronnet B, Seisen T, Soukup V, Sylvester RJ, Rhijn BWGV, Zigeuner R, Shariat SF
Eur Urol 2021 Jan;79(1):62-79. Epub 2020 Jun 24 doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2020.05.042. PMID: 32593530
Optimal Management of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma: an Unmet Need.
Azizi M, Cheriyan SK, Peyton CC, Foerster B, Shariat SF, Spiess PE
Curr Treat Options Oncol 2019 Apr 1;20(5):40. doi: 10.1007/s11864-019-0637-2. PMID: 30937554
Diagnosis and management of urothelial carcinoma of the bladder.
Tanaka MF, Sonpavde G
Postgrad Med 2011 May;123(3):43-55. doi: 10.3810/pgm.2011.05.2283. PMID: 21566415

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Comparable survival benefits of partial ureterectomy to radical nephroureterectomy in non-metastatic ureter carcinoma: a population-matched study.
Qiu Y, Zhang X, Dong Z, Zhang Y, Zhai Q, Lv S, Wei Q
Int Urol Nephrol 2023 Mar;55(3):579-588. Epub 2022 Dec 6 doi: 10.1007/s11255-022-03429-5. PMID: 36472798
HER2 Status in Molecular Subtypes of Urothelial Carcinoma of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter.
Yorozu T, Sato S, Kimura T, Iwatani K, Onuma H, Yanagisawa T, Miki J, Egawa S, Ikegami M, Takahashi H
Clin Genitourin Cancer 2020 Aug;18(4):e443-e449. Epub 2019 Dec 13 doi: 10.1016/j.clgc.2019.12.003. PMID: 31983622
Concurrent renal cell carcinoma and urothelial carcinoma: long-term follow-up study of 27 cases.
Qi N, Chen Y, Gong K, Li H
World J Surg Oncol 2018 Jan 25;16(1):16. doi: 10.1186/s12957-018-1321-x. PMID: 29370814Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Concurrent renal cell carcinoma and urothelial carcinoma: long-term follow-up study of 27 cases.
Qi N, Chen Y, Gong K, Li H
World J Surg Oncol 2018 Jan 25;16(1):16. doi: 10.1186/s12957-018-1321-x. PMID: 29370814Free PMC Article
A proteomic glimpse into human ureter proteome.
Magdeldin S, Hirao Y, Elguoshy A, Xu B, Zhang Y, Fujinaka H, Yamamoto K, Yates JR 3rd, Yamamoto T
Proteomics 2016 Jan;16(1):80-4. Epub 2015 Nov 17 doi: 10.1002/pmic.201500214. PMID: 26442468Free PMC Article
TERT promoter mutations are associated with distant metastases in upper tract urothelial carcinomas and serve as urinary biomarkers detected by a sensitive castPCR.
Wang K, Liu T, Ge N, Liu L, Yuan X, Liu J, Kong F, Wang C, Ren H, Yan K, Hu S, Xu Z, Björkholm M, Fan Y, Zhao S, Liu C, Xu D
Oncotarget 2014 Dec 15;5(23):12428-39. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.2660. PMID: 25474136Free PMC Article
The impact of real-time 3d imaging by ultra-high speed optical coherence tomography in urothelial carcinoma.
Ikeda M, Matsumoto K, Choi D, Nishi M, Fujita T, Ohbayashi K, Shimizu K, Iwamura M
BMC Urol 2013 Dec 1;13:65. doi: 10.1186/1471-2490-13-65. PMID: 24289823Free PMC Article
Polypoid/papillary cystitis: a series of 41 cases misdiagnosed as papillary urothelial neoplasia.
Lane Z, Epstein JI
Am J Surg Pathol 2008 May;32(5):758-64. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31816092b5. PMID: 18379418

Prognosis

HER2 Status in Molecular Subtypes of Urothelial Carcinoma of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter.
Yorozu T, Sato S, Kimura T, Iwatani K, Onuma H, Yanagisawa T, Miki J, Egawa S, Ikegami M, Takahashi H
Clin Genitourin Cancer 2020 Aug;18(4):e443-e449. Epub 2019 Dec 13 doi: 10.1016/j.clgc.2019.12.003. PMID: 31983622
Concurrent renal cell carcinoma and urothelial carcinoma: long-term follow-up study of 27 cases.
Qi N, Chen Y, Gong K, Li H
World J Surg Oncol 2018 Jan 25;16(1):16. doi: 10.1186/s12957-018-1321-x. PMID: 29370814Free PMC Article
The genetic difference between Western and Chinese urothelial cell carcinomas: infrequent FGFR3 mutation in Han Chinese patients.
Yuan X, Liu C, Wang K, Liu L, Liu T, Ge N, Kong F, Yang L, Björkholm M, Fan Y, Zhao S, Xu D
Oncotarget 2016 May 3;7(18):25826-35. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.8404. PMID: 27029078Free PMC Article
TERT promoter mutations are associated with distant metastases in upper tract urothelial carcinomas and serve as urinary biomarkers detected by a sensitive castPCR.
Wang K, Liu T, Ge N, Liu L, Yuan X, Liu J, Kong F, Wang C, Ren H, Yan K, Hu S, Xu Z, Björkholm M, Fan Y, Zhao S, Liu C, Xu D
Oncotarget 2014 Dec 15;5(23):12428-39. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.2660. PMID: 25474136Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Comparable survival benefits of partial ureterectomy to radical nephroureterectomy in non-metastatic ureter carcinoma: a population-matched study.
Qiu Y, Zhang X, Dong Z, Zhang Y, Zhai Q, Lv S, Wei Q
Int Urol Nephrol 2023 Mar;55(3):579-588. Epub 2022 Dec 6 doi: 10.1007/s11255-022-03429-5. PMID: 36472798
HER2 Status in Molecular Subtypes of Urothelial Carcinoma of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter.
Yorozu T, Sato S, Kimura T, Iwatani K, Onuma H, Yanagisawa T, Miki J, Egawa S, Ikegami M, Takahashi H
Clin Genitourin Cancer 2020 Aug;18(4):e443-e449. Epub 2019 Dec 13 doi: 10.1016/j.clgc.2019.12.003. PMID: 31983622
TERT promoter mutations are associated with distant metastases in upper tract urothelial carcinomas and serve as urinary biomarkers detected by a sensitive castPCR.
Wang K, Liu T, Ge N, Liu L, Yuan X, Liu J, Kong F, Wang C, Ren H, Yan K, Hu S, Xu Z, Björkholm M, Fan Y, Zhao S, Liu C, Xu D
Oncotarget 2014 Dec 15;5(23):12428-39. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.2660. PMID: 25474136Free PMC Article
In-depth proteomic profiling of the normal human kidney glomerulus using two-dimensional protein prefractionation in combination with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.
Miyamoto M, Yoshida Y, Taguchi I, Nagasaka Y, Tasaki M, Zhang Y, Xu B, Nameta M, Sezaki H, Cuellar LM, Osawa T, Morishita H, Sekiyama S, Yaoita E, Kimura K, Yamamoto T
J Proteome Res 2007 Sep;6(9):3680-90. Epub 2007 Aug 21 doi: 10.1021/pr070203n. PMID: 17711322

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