Does increasing the nodal yield improve outcomes in patients without nodal metastasis at radical cystectomy?

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 807-814

  Rink, Michael ^a,b   Shariat, Shahrokh F ^a   Xylinas, Evanguelos ^a   Fitzgerald, John P ^c   Hansen, Jens ^b,j   Green, David A ^a   Kamat, Ashish M ^d   Novara, Giacomo ^e   Daneshmand, Siamak ^f   Fradet, Yves ^g   Tagawa, Scott T ^a   Bastian, Patrick J ^h   Kassouf, Wassim ⁱ   Trinh, Quoc Dien ^j   Karakiewicz, Pierre I ^j   Fritsche, Hans Martin ^k   Tilki, Derya ^h   Chun, Felix K ^b   Volkmer, Bjoern G ^l   Babjuk, Marko ^m   Merseburger, Axel S ⁿ   Scherr, Douglas S ^a   Lotan, Yair ^o   Svatek, Robert S ^c   more..

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^h LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^l Hospital Kassel   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

ⁿ HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^o UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Lymph node; Radical cystectomy; Recurrence; Survival; Transitional cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; UROTHELIUM; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; COHORT STUDIES; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 84870363140     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-012-0910-5     Document Type: Article

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