Description

Jeong et al identified factors associated with a poor prognosis for a patient who has a ureteral stent placed for a malignant ureteric obstruction. These can help to identify patients who may or may not benefit from more aggressive management. The authors are from the National Cancer Center in Goyang, Korea.


 

Patient selection: malignant ureteric obstruction due to external compression by a non-urologic malignancy

 

Factors associated with a worse prognosis:

(1) low performance score at the time of stent placement (ECOG 2 or higher)

(2) no chemotherapy after stent placement

(3) upper ureteric obstruction

 


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