Previous studies have reached diverse conclusions about the influence of tumor size on the oncologic outcomes in patients with\nupper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC). In this study, we retrospectively analyzed the records of 687 patients and evaluated how\ntumor size affected the prognosis of patients with UTUC after surgery. Clinicopathologic characteristics and oncological outcomes\nwere compared according to tumor size (ââ?°Â¤3 cm versus >3 cm). During a median follow-up period of 65 months (range 3ââ?¬â??144\nmonths), 225 patients (32.8%) died from UTUC and 228 patients (33.2%) experienced intravesical recurrence (IVR). Patients with\na larger tumor size tended to have a significantly higher percentage of being male (
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