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The Role of Radiation Therapy in Primary Carcinoma of the Ureter

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The earliest description of a urothelial carcinoma involving the ureter was published in 1841 by the French pathologist, Rayer [17]. However, the first convincing account of a primary carcinoma arising from the ureter was reported by a British surgeon, Richard Davy, in 1884 [11].

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Brady, L.W., Manning, D.M. (1981). The Role of Radiation Therapy in Primary Carcinoma of the Ureter. In: Bergman, H. (eds) The Ureter. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5907-7_19

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