Concurrent Preoperative Presence of Hydronephrosis and Flank Pain Independently Predicts Worse Outcome of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

• Hsin-Chih Yeh,

  Affiliations Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Urology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Hau-Chern Jan,

  Affiliation School of Post-Baccalaureate Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Wen-Jeng Wu,

  Affiliations Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Urology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Center for Infectious Disease and Cancer Research, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Center for Stem Cell Research, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Ching-Chia Li,

  Affiliations Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Urology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Wei-Ming Li,

  Affiliations Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Urology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Urology, Ministry of Health and Welfare Pingtung Hospital, Pingtung, Taiwan

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• Hung-Lung Ke,

  Affiliations Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Urology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Shu-Pin Huang,

  Affiliations Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Urology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Chia-Chu Liu,

  Affiliations Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Urology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Urology, Ministry of Health and Welfare Pingtung Hospital, Pingtung, Taiwan

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• Yung-Chin Lee,

  Affiliations Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Urology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Sheau-Fang Yang,

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Pathology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Peir-In Liang,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Chun-Nung Huang

  * E-mail: patrick1201@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Urology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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