← brief for 2026-08-21 · Transplant & xeno

Comparison of Clinical Outcomes of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma between Patients after Renal Transplantation and on Dialysis: A Long-Term Single-Center Cohort Study.

Key takeaways

In 133 patients with a rare kidney cancer, those who had received a kidney transplant lived longer than those on dialysis — but because this is an observational study, other factors besides transplant status could explain the difference.

Who did this work

Zhang L (Department of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Xicheng District, Beijing, China.) · Guan B (Department of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Xicheng District, Beijing, China.) · Du Y (Department of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Xicheng District, Beijing, China.) · Xu C (Department of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Xicheng District, Beijing, China.) · Li Z (Department of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Xicheng District, Beijing, China.) · Tang Q (Department of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Xicheng District, Beijing, China.) · Zhou L (Department of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Xicheng District, Beijing, China.) · Li X (Department of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Xicheng District, Beijing, China. pineneedle@sina.com.)

Source

Paper · Europe PMC, CKD · 2026-08-19
https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-026-20314-y