Stage‐specific impact of pelvic lymph node dissection on survival in patients with non‐metastatic bladder cancer treated with radical cystectomy

• Published in: BJU international Vol. 109; no. 8; pp. 1147 - 1154
• Main Authors: Abdollah, Firas, Sun, Maxine, Schmitges, Jan, Djahangirian, Orchidee, Tian, Zhe, Jeldres, Claudio, Perrotte, Paul, Shariat, Shahrokh F., Montorsi, Francesco, Karakiewicz, Pierre I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2012; Wiley-Blackwell; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Biopsy; Bladder cancer; Carcinoma, Transitional Cell - mortality; Carcinoma, Transitional Cell - secondary; Carcinoma, Transitional Cell - surgery; Cystectomy - methods; Disease-Free Survival; Dissection; Female; Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases; Humans; Leukemias. Malignant lymphomas. Malignant reticulosis. Myelofibrosis; lymph node excision; Lymph Node Excision - methods; Lymph Node Excision - mortality; Lymph Nodes - pathology; Lymph Nodes - surgery; Lymphatic Metastasis; Lymphatic system; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mortality; Neoplasm Staging; Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases; Pelvis; Retrospective Studies; SEER Program; survival analysis; Survival Rate - trends; Tumors of the urinary system; United States - epidemiology; urinary bladder neoplasms; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - mortality; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - pathology; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - surgery; Urinary tract. Prostate gland; United States; Nephrology; neoplasm staging; Staging; Malignant lymphadenopathy; Early stage; SEER program; Urology; Lymphadenectomy; Pelvic ganglion; Urinary bladder; survival analysis; Surgery; urinary bladder neoplasms; Human; Urinary system disease; Program; Excision; Lymph node; Stage classification; Malignant hemopathy; Urinary tract disease; Malignant tumor; Bladder cancer; Survival; Bladder tumor; Lymph node metastasis; Cystectomy; Clinical stage; lymph node excision; Treatment; Urinary system; Bladder disease; lymphatic metastasis; Cancer

Study Type – Therapy (cohort) Level of Evidence 2b What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? In patients treated with radical cystectomy, pelvic lymph node dissection may have a beneficial effect on cancer control outcomes. We examined the effect of pelvic lymph node dissection...