Outcomes of Lymph Node Dissection in Nephroureterectomy in the Treatment of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma: Analysis of the ROBUUST Registry.

Kevin HakimiUmberto CarbonaraHooman DjaladatReza MehrazinDaniel EunAdam ReeseMark L GonzalgoVitaly MargulisRobert G UzzoJames PorterChandru P SundaramFiras AbdollahAlexandre MottrieRiccardo TelliniMatteo FerroArman WaliaAva SaidianShady SolimanJulia YuanAlessandro VecciaAlireza GhoreifiGiovanni CacciamaniAmit S BhattuXiaosong MengJason M FarrowMarcus JamilAndrea MinerviniKoon H RhaZhenjie WuGiuseppe SimoneRiccardo AutorinoIthaar H Derweesh

Published in: The Journal of urology (2022)

LND during nephroureterectomy in patients with positive lymph nodes provides prognostic data, but is not associated with improved OS. LND yields ≥10 in patients with clinical node negative disease were associated with improved RFS. In high-grade and large tumors, lymphadenectomy should be considered.

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