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Integrating Molecular Classification Based on FGFR3, KRAS, HRAS, and TP53 Mutation With TNM Staging Modestly Improves Prediction of Prognosis of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma After Surgery
K. Yanagida
I. Takada
T. Ishida
Kazuki Takei
Kenjiro Kishitani
Hideyuki Minagawa
T. Kawai
Tomoyuki Kaneko
Yuko Sasajima
T. Nakagawa
Medicine
Abstract
To evaluate whether a simplified mutation‐based classification using archival formalin‐fixed paraffin‐embedded (FFPE) specimens provides prognostic information beyond pathological stage in patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) undergoing nephroureterectomy.