Lymph node dissection technique is more important than lymph node count in identifying nodal metastases in radical cystectomy patients: A comparative mapping study

European Urology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 946-952

  Dorin, Ryan P ^a   Daneshmand, Siamak ^a   Eisenberg, Manuel S ^a   Chandrasoma, Shahin ^a   Cai, Jie ^a   Miranda, Gus ^a   Nichols, Peter W ^a   Skinner, Donald G ^a   Skinner, Eila C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Cystectomy; Extended lymphadenectomy; Metastases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CYSTECTOMY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; CYSTECTOMY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOS ANGELES; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 80053323200     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2011.07.012     Document Type: Article

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