Urothelial Malignancies of the Upper Urinary Tract

Majid Eshghi, MD, FACS, MBA Chief Section of Endourology and Minimally Invasive Urology Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical College Department of Urology Valhalla, NYUnited States

lt;p>Preface

Chapter 1

Epidemiology and Presentation

Muhammad S. Choudhury

Chapter 2

Prognostic Factors and Predictive Tools in Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

Aurélie Mbeutcha, Tobias Klatte, Romain Mathieu, and Shahrokh F. Shariat

Chapter 3

Eric J. Moskowitz

Chapter 4

The Radiology of Upper Tract Collecting  Systems Neoplasms

Stuart Bentley-Hibbert and Jeffrey H. Newhouse

Chapter 5

Virtual Ureteroscopy of Upper Tract Urothelial Tumors

Anthony Gilet and Angela Tong

Chapter 6

Endoluminal Ultrasound for Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

Scott G. Hubosky, Raghu Vikram, and Surena F. Matin

Chapter 7

Genetics Factors and Tumor Markers in Upper Urinary Tract-Urothelial Carcinoma (UUT-UC)

Mark Ferretti and John L. Phillips

Chapter 8

Upper Urinary Tract Carcinoma in Situ

Jay D. Raman, Joshua L. Warrick, Grant P. Redrow, and Surena F. Matin

Chapter 9

Esther Chaewon Yoon and Minghao Zhong

Chapter 10

Pathology of Urothelial Malignancies of the Upper Urinary Tract

Sabina Babayerva and Minghao Zhong

Chapter 11

Ureteroscopes: Characteristics of Semi-Rigid and Flexible for Upper Tract Tumors

Chapter 12

Narrow Band Imaging in the Evaluation of Upper Tract Urothelial Cancer

Barak Rosenzweig, Harry Herr, and Jonathan A. Coleman

Chapter 13

Blue Light Endoscopy

Saman Moazami, Mark P. Schoenberg, and Joshua M. Stern

Chapter 14

Ariel Schulman and Majid Eshghi

Chapter 15

Semi-rigid and Flexible Ureteroscopy

Arash Akhavein and Manoj Monga

Chapter 16

Distal and Segmental Ureterectomy

Ahmed A. Aboumohamed and Reza Ghavamian

Chapter 17

Open Nephroureterectomy

Reza Mehrazin and Carl A. Olsson

Surgical Advances in Nephroureterectomy: Robotic and Laparscopic Surgery

Jonathan Bloom and John L. Phillips

Chapter 19

Management of Distal Ureter in Nephroureterectomy-Controversies

Nariman Ahmadi and Inderbir Gill

Chapter 20

Complications of Nephroureterectomy

Abhishek Srivastava and Reza Ghavamian

Chapter 21

Joel Hillelsohn and Majid Eshghi

Chapter 22

Percutaneous Resection of Renal Pelvis and Calyceal Tumors

Majid Eshghi, Joel Hillelsohn, and Roger Yau

Chapter 23

Urothelial Cell Carcinoma in Transplanted, Pelvic, and End Stage Kidneys

Roger Yau and Majid Eshghi

Chapter 24

David Golombos, Patrick Lewicki, Jullet Han, and Douglas S. Scherr

Chapter 25

Diagnosis and Management of Upper Urinary Tract Recurrences after Radial Cystectomy

John Phillips, Jon Bloom, and Mark Ferretti

Chapter 26

Surveillance of the Upper Tract After Conservative Treatment

Joel Hillelsohn and Majid Eshghi

Chapter 27

Joel Hillelsohn, Ariel Schulman, and Majid Eshghi

Chapter 28

Intracavitary Topical Chemo and Immune Therapy to the Upper Tract

Joel Hillelsohn, Arthur D. Smith, and Majid Eshghi

Chapter 29

Systemic Chemotherapy for Upper Tract Urothelial Cancer

Surena F. Matin

Chapter 30

The Role of Radiation Therapy for Upper Urinary Tract Malignancies

Alfredo I. Urdaneta and Mitchell S. Anscher

Appendices: Full Spectrum Treatment

a. Epilogue

b. Case Studies: A Spectrum of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

Neel Patel, Cristina Fox, and Majid Eshghi

c. In My Mind's Eye

Majid Eshghi

d. Glossary

                Ali Fathollahi

e. Manufacturer's Product Information

                Ali Fathollahi

"This is a comprehensive reference on the diagnosis, workup, and management of patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma. ... This book is geared toward rising urology trainees and serves as a shelf reference for practicing urologists. ... This book is both comprehensive and easy to read. It is a nearly white-coat pocket sized and easy to transport. Budding urologists and practitioners need no other book on upper tract urothelial cancer." (Andrew Pridjian, Doody's Book Reviews, October, 2018)

“This is a comprehensive reference on the diagnosis, workup, and management of patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma. … This book is geared toward rising urology trainees and serves as a shelf reference for practicing urologists. … This book is both comprehensive and easy to read. It is a nearly white-coat pocket sized and easy to transport. Budding urologists and practitioners need no other book on upper tract urothelial cancer.” (Andrew Pridjian, Doody's Book Reviews, October, 2018)