Neoadjuvant Radiotherapy for High-risk UTUC

Prior treatment

• Distant metastases or other malignant neoplastic diseases combined with other malignant neoplasms in the same period had been detected at the time of surgery, or the present was a progression after palliative resection of previous epithelial carcinoma of the urothelium;

Other illness

• History of pelvic and abdominal radiotherapy; history of inflammatory bowel disease; history of systemic chemotherapy;
• The presence of active infections in those with pre-existing or coexisting haemorrhagic disorders
• clinically significant cardiac disease (e.g., hypertension controlled with medications, unstable angina, New York Heart Association (NYHA) class ≥II congestive heart failure, unstable symptomatic arrhythmias, or class ≥II peripheral vascular disease);

Other

• Pregnant women or breastfeeding women; or women of childbearing potential who are not using reliable contraception;
• Psychological, familial, and social factors leading to lack of informed consent.

• ·≥18 years old, no gender limits, diagnosed as high-risk UTUC without existing distant metastasis or other malignancies;
• Completed pathological biopsy with a clear pathological diagnosis : including puncture biopsy, ureteroscopy and urine cytology, at least one of which is clearly diagnosed as uroepithelial carcinoma, which may include no more than 50% or more proportion of squamous, adenoid, sarcomatoid differentiation and other special differentiation types;
• Have the willingness to undergo radical surgical treatment and perioperative adjuvant treatment, have good compliance, and be able to co-operate with the treatment and follow-up plan specified by the clinician;
• Postoperative life expectancy of at least 6 months; ECOG score ≤ 2.