Using Hematuria as Detection of Post-kidney Transplantation Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma Is Associated With Delayed Diagnosis of Cancer Occurrence.

SH Lin, HL Luo, YT Chen, Yu-Ting Chen

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Kidney transplantation (KT) is an important renal replacement therapy for end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The incidence of upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) is relatively higher in Taiwan. According to our institutional database, early onset of post-KT UTUC is not uncommon. Early detection of post-KT UTUC is an important issue to improve oncologic outcome. Because painless hematuria is a common symptom for UTUC, this study analyzes whether using hematuria as post-KT UTUC screening delayed cancer diagnosis or not. From 2005 to 2012, 128 ESRD patients were found to have UTUCs. There were 28 patients who underwent KT and were regularly followed up at our institution. All the patients underwent standard nephroureterectomy. In ESRD patients with UTUC, the post-KT group revealed significantly less gross hematuria and microscopic hematuria at presentation compared with the non-KT group (43% versus 76%, P = .001 and 64% versus 86%, P = .011). For those patients with gross hematuria, non-organ-confined UTUC occurred more in the post-KT group compared with the non-KT group (42% versus 12%, P = .009). For those patients with microscopic hematuria, non-organ-confined UTUC occurred more in the post-KT group compared with the non-KT group with borderline significance (33% versus 16%, P = .085). According to our observation, using gross or microscopic hematuria as detection of post-KT UTUC is associated with delayed diagnosis of cancer occurrence. Closer upper urinary tract image study such as sonography may help earlier cancer screening.
原文美式英語
頁(從 - 到)1061-1063
期刊Transplantation Proceedings
49
發行號5
DOIs
出版狀態已出版 - 2017

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