The Contemporary Role of Lymph Node Dissection During Nephroureterectomy in the Management of Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma: The Canadian Experience

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between lymph node dissection (LND) and survival among patients undergoing nephroureterectomy for upper urinary tract urothelial cell carcinoma (UTUC). METHODS: This study includes 1029 patients from 10 Canadian institutions who underwent nephroureterectomy between 1990 and 2010. Disease-specific survival (DSS), overall survival (OS), and recurrence-free survival (RFS) were compared for patients with a …

Authors

Mason RJ; Kassouf W; Bell DG; Lacombe L; Kapoor A; Jacobsen N; Fairey A; Izawa J; Black P; Tanguay S

Journal

Urology, Vol. 79, No. 4, pp. 840–845

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

April 2012

DOI

10.1016/j.urology.2011.11.058

ISSN

0090-4295

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Edward Daisuke Matsumoto

Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences

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