Diagnostic outcome of ureteroscopy in urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract: Incidence of later cancer detection and its risk factors after the first examination

Table 1 Patients’ characteristics

	n = 166
Age, years	Median: 67.5 (range: 22–89)
Sex male/female
Male	107 (64.5 %)
Female	59 (35.5 %)
Side evaluated by ureteroscopy
Unilateral	143 (86.1 %)
Bilateral	23 (13.9 %)
Reason for undergoing ureteroscopy
Abnormal radiological finding only	39 (23.5 %)
Abnormal cytological finding only^a	21 (12.7 %)
Macrohematuria only	13 (7.8 %)
Multiple reasons any of the above 3 indications	83 (50 %)
Missing information	10(6 %)
Concurrent or previous history of bladder cancer
Yes	55 (33.1 %)
No	111 (66.9 %)

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