Does the greater number of lymph nodes removed during standard lymph node dissection predict better patient survival following radical cystectomy?

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 443-449

  Park, Jinsung ^b   Kim, Seongcheol ^a   Jeong, In Gab ^a   Song, Cheryn ^a   Hong, Jun Hyuk ^a   Kim, Choung Soo ^a   Ahn, Hanjong ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Eulji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Cystectomy; Lymph node dissection; Lymph nodes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLADDER TUMOR; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79960700131     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-011-0644-9     Document Type: Review

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