[Long-term results of surgical treatment for renal pelvic and ureteral tumors].

Fifty eight cases of primary tumors in the renal pelvis and ureter were treated at Toranomon Hospital between 1983 and 1992. They consisted of 32 renal pelvic tumors, 21 ureteral tumors and 5 tumors at both sites. The age of the patients ranged from 30 to 84 years (mean 63.1). Surgery was performed in 56 cases. Radical nephroureterectomy with concomitant ipsilateral retroperitoneal lymph node dissection was performed in 38 cases. The other surgeries were radical nephroureterectomy without lymph node dissection in 9, nephrectomy in 4, resection of ureter and reanastomosis in 3, radical nephroureterectomy and cystectomy in 1 and partial nephrectomy in 1. Pathologically, 53 were transitional cell carcinoma (TCC), 2 were TCC plus squamous cell carcinoma and 1 was TCC plus adenocarcinoma. Over-all survival rates (Kaplan-Meier) of 56 surgical cases at 1, 3, 5 years were 92.2, 83.7 and 72.8%, respectively. Combination chemotherapy (M-VAC or CAP) was performed in 9 cases of metastatic disease and 1 case of bilateral disease. Of these 10 cases, one achieved complete remission, 2 no change and 7 had progressive disease. Adjuvant chemotherapy was performed in 21 cases after surgery. These 21 patients were of high risk in recurrence either Grade 3 or pT3. However, the 5-year survival rate was 77.3% in these patients. Thus we conclude that the adjuvant chemotherapy in high risk patients was effective in our cases.