Is Lymph Node Dissection Necessary During Radical Nephroureterectomy for Clinically Node-Negative Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma? A Multi-Institutional Study

Is Lymph Node Dissection Necessary During Radical Nephroureterectomy for Clinically Node-Negative Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma? A Multi-Institutional Study

PurposeThis study aimed to compare the oncological outcomes of patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) without clinical lymph node metastasis (cN0) undergoing lymph node dissection (LND) during radical nephroureterectomy (NU).MethodsFrom the updated data of the Taiwan UTUC Collaboratio...

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Main Authors: Hsiang-Ying Lee, Chao-Hsiang Chang, Chi-Ping Huang, Chih-Chin Yu, Chi-Wen Lo, Shiu-Dong Chung, Wei-Che Wu, I-Hsuan Alan Chen, Jen-Tai Lin, Yuan-Hong Jiang, Yu-Khun Lee, Thomas Y. Hsueh, Allen W. Chiu, Yung-Tai Chen, Chang-Min Lin, Yao-Chou Tsai, Wei-Chieh Chen, Bing-Juin Chiang, Hsu-Che Huang, Chung-Hsin Chen, Chao-Yuan Huang, Chia-Chang Wu, Wei Yu Lin, Jen-Shu Tseng, Hung-Lung Ke, Hsin-Chih Yeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
lymph node dissection
clinical lymph node negative
muscle-invasive stage
pathological lymph node positive
upper tract urothelial carcinoma
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2022.791620/full

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