Association between the number of dissected lymph nodes during pelvic lymphadenectomy and cancer-specific survival in patients with lymph node-negative urothelial carcinoma of the cladder undergoing radical cystectomy

A larger number of dissected lymph nodes (LN) during pelvic lymphadenectomy in patients with muscle-invasive transitional-cell carcinoma of the bladder treated by radical cystectomy (RC) is crucial for exact tumor staging and is associated with a positive oncological outcome.

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Main Authors:	May, Matthias (Author) , Herrmann, Edwin (Author) , Bolenz, Christian (Author) , Brookman-May, Sabine (Author) , Tiemann, Arne (Author) , Moritz, Rudolf (Author) , Fritsche, Hans-Martin (Author) , Burger, Maximilian (Author) , Trojan, Lutz (Author) , Michel, Maurice Stephan (Author) , Wülfing, Christian (Author) , Müller, Stefan C. (Author) , Ellinger, Jörg (Author) , Buchner, Alexander (Author) , Stief, Christian G. (Author) , Tilki, Derya (Author) , Wieland, Wolf F. (Author) , Gilfrich, Christian (Author) , Höfner, Thomas (Author) , Hohenfellner, Markus (Author) , Haferkamp, Axel (Author) , Roigas, Jan (Author) , Zacharias, Mario (Author) , Bastian, Patrick J. (Author)
Format:	Article (Journal)
Language:	English
Published:	19 January 2011
In:	Annals of surgical oncology Year: 2011, Volume: 18, Issue: 7, Pages: 2018-2025
ISSN:	1534-4681
DOI:	10.1245/s10434-010-1538-6
Online Access:	Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-010-1538-6
Author Notes:	Matthias May, Edwin Herrmann, Christian Bolenz, Sabine Brookman-May, Arne Tiemann, Rudolf Moritz, Hans-Martin Fritsche, Maximilian Burger, Lutz Trojan, Maurice S. Michel, Christian Wülfing, Stefan C. Müller, Jörg Ellinger, Alexander Buchner, Christian G. Stief, Derya Tilki, Wolf F. Wieland, Christian Gilfrich, Thomas Höfner, Markus Hohenfellner, Axel Haferkamp, Jan Roigas, Mario Zacharias, and Patrick J. Bastian