Incidence of Metastatic Nonseminomatous Germ Cell Tumor Outside the Boundaries of a Modified Postchemotherapy Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection

INTRODUCTION: Modified template retroperitoneal lymph node dissections (RPLND) have become increasing applied in the postchemotherapy (PC) setting. We evaluated our experience with PC-RPLND to determine the incidence of disease extending outside the boundaries of a modified PC-RPLND. PATIENTS AND METHODS: From 1989 through 2003, a total of 532 men underwent PC-RPLND for metastatic nonseminomatous germ cell tumor (NSGCT). Of these, 269 (51%) had …