A retrospective multicenter comparison of conditional cancer-specific survival between laparoscopic and open radical nephroureterectomy in locally advanced upper tract urothelial carcinoma

• Sung Han Kim ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sung Han Kim, Mi Kyung Song

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Center for Urologic Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Republic of Korea

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• Mi Kyung Song ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sung Han Kim, Mi Kyung Song

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Health Insurance Research Institute, National Health Insurance Service, Wonju, Republic of Korea

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• Ja Hyeon Ku,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Seok Ho Kang,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Byong Chang Jeong,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Bumsik Hong ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: seohk@ncc.re.k (HKS); bshong@amc.seoul.kr (BH)

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Ho Kyung Seo

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: seohk@ncc.re.k (HKS); bshong@amc.seoul.kr (BH)

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Center for Urologic Cancer, Hospital/Division of Tumor Immunology, Research Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Republic of Korea

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