Role of lymph node dissection during radical nephroureterectomy for upper urinary tract urothelial cancer: multi-institutional large retrospective study JCOG1110A.
Junichi InokuchiKentaro KuroiwaYoshiyuki KakehiMikio SugimotoToshiki TanigawaHiroyuki FujimotoMomokazu GotohNaoya MasumoriOsamu OgawaMasatoshi EtoChikara OhyamaAkito YamaguchiHideyasu MatsuyamaTomohiko IchikawaTomohiko AsanoJunki MizusawaJunko EbaSeiji NaitoPublished in: World journal of urology (2017)
The present study indicates that there is no therapeutic benefit of LND during RNU for UTUC, although pathologically positive LN status can predict poor prognosis.