Table 3 Comparison of the disease relapse pattern in the patients with pT3 UTUC.

From: Adjuvant radiotherapy for locally advanced upper tract urothelial carcinoma

 

No Adjuvant Radiotherapy (n = 158)

Adjuvant Radiotherapy (n = 40)

P value

Distant metastasis, n (%)

44 (27.8)

10 (25.0)

0.843

Locoregional failure, n (%)

13 (8.2)

5 (12.5)

0.371

Locoregional + distant metastasis, n (%)*

7 (4.4)

0 (0)

0.348

  1. *Indicated that the first site of failure was in the tumor bed or regional lymph nodes, and distant metastasis synchronously.
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