Radiotherapy may improve overall survival of patients with T3/T4 transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis or ureter and delay bladder tumour relapse

Table 6 Causes of Death in 53 Patients with TCC of the Renal Pelvis or Ureter

Causes	Non-radiation group (n = 30)	Radiation group (n = 23)	p value
Distant metastases	18(60.0%)	17(73.8%)	0.461
Lung	13	11
Liver	3	3
Bone	2	3
Abdominal LN metastases	8(26.7%)	3(13.1%)
Death unrelated to cancer	4(13.3%)	3(13.1%)

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