Early detection and new biomarkers are changing how we manage acute kidney injury—and its link to chronic kidney disease.

Surgeons from Keck Medicine of USC and UCLA Health have performed the world's first-in-human bladder transplant.

Urothelial cancer occurs in the cells that form the inner lining of the bladder, urethra, ureter, or renal pelvis, with most cases originating in the bladder. Urothelial cancer accounts for around 90% ...

Based on these results and analysis, we believe the findings can provide new insights and evidence of urothelial carcinoma of renal pelvis and ureter. The oncological outcomes of nephroureterectomy ...

Upper urinary tract urothelial cancer used to be called transitional cell cancer (TCC) of the kidney or ureter. It starts in cells called transitional cells. Transitional cells can change shape and ...

A medical definition of TCC kidney cancer is cancer of the renal pelvis and ureter. Upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UUTUC) is a type of cancer that forms in the transitional cells.

It can be found in the: Renal pelvis (located in the middle of your kidney) Bladder Top part of the ureter -- the long tube that connects your kidneys to your bladder. The kidneys collect urine in ...

The study revealed a positive linear association between Hounsfield units (HU) in renal pelvis urine and the risk of severe infectious complications in patients with ureteral stones and symptom-free ...

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Survival outcomes of renal pelvis and ureter cancer in a community-based cancer registry. Background: Osteoporosis could be associated with the hormone therapy for metastatic prostate carcinoma (CaP) ...