%0 Journal Article
%T Carcinoma de c¨¦lulas transicionales del tracto urinario superior: Opciones de tratamiento actual y abordajes minimamente invasivos
%A Vidal Mora
%A Ivar
%A Castillo
%A Octavio
%A Velasco Palma
%A Alfredo
%A S¨¢nchez-Salas
%A Rafael
%A Campos Pantoja
%A Rodrigo
%J Archivos Espa£¿oles de Urolog¨ªa (Ed. impresa)
%D 2009
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.4321/S0004-06142009000500006
%X objectives: upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma (uut-tcc) is a rare disease. open nephroure-terectomy remains the gold standard for surgical treat-ment. we aim to evaluate the standing of novel surgical treatment in uut-tcc. methods: extensive review of available literature on uut-tcc, with emphasis in surgical treatment. english medical literature available in pubmed, ovid, embase y science direct was employed for the study. resultados: laparoscopic nephroureterectomy, ureteroscopy and percutaneous treatment are the available surgical options that based on adequate patient selection offer acceptable cancer control. conclusiones: indications for the treatment of ut-tcc are expanding and this allows clinicians to tailor treatment while preserving oncological results.
%K transitional cell carcinoma
%K nephroureterectomy
%K percutaneous treatment
%K ureteroscopy.
%U http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0004-06142009000500006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en