Contemporary management of upper tract urothelial cell carcinoma

Table 2 Adjuvant treatment for renal pelvis and urothelial carcinoma of ureter

Pathologic staging	Adjuvant treatment	Follow-up
pT0, pT1	None	Cystoscopy every 3 mo for 1 yr, then at increasing intervals Imaging of upper tract collecting system at 3- to 12-mo intervals, if endoscopic resection ± CT scan or MRI ± Chest X-ray
pT2, pT3 pT4, pN+	Consider adjuvant chemotherapy	Cystoscopy every 3 mo for 1 yr, then at increasing intervals Imaging of upper tract collecting system at 3- to 12-mo intervals ± CT scan or MRI ± Chest X-ray

NCCN Guidelines^® version 2, 2015[19]. Upper GU tract tumors. CT: Computed tomography; MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging.