Validation of the Preoperative Plasma Fibrinogen Level as a Prognostic Factor in a European Cohort of Patients with Localized Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
3865570	The Journal of Urology	2014	6 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Elevated fibrinogen seems to represent a negative prognostic factor for cancer specific and overall survival in patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma. This parameter should be considered an additional prognostic factor for upper tract urothelial carcinoma in the future.

Keywords

RFS CSS UTUC RNU Cancer specific survival Recurrence-free survival overall survival Fibrinogen Urinary tract Mortality Radical nephroureterectomy Tumor necrosis Upper tract urothelial carcinoma Carcinoma Urothelium

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Validation of the Preoperative Plasma Fibrinogen Level as a Prognostic Factor in a European Cohort of Patients with Localized Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

Authors

Martin Pichler, Orietta Dalpiaz, Georg C. Ehrlich, Tatjana Stojakovic, Jessica M. MartÃn Hernández, Sebastian Mannweiler, Karl Pummer, Richard Zigeuner, Georg C. Hutterer,