Risks and benefits of pelvic lymphadenectomy in octogenarians undergoing radical cystectomy due to urothelial carcinoma of the bladder.

Markus GrabbertT GrimmA BuchnerA KretschmerM ApfelbeckG SchulzF JokischB-S SchneevoigtC G StiefA Karl

Published in: International urology and nephrology (2017)

Our small and single-center study was not able to demonstrate a significant independent influence of PLND on CSS, OS and PFS in octogenarians undergoing RC due to UCB. There is no doubt that RC should usually be combined with PLND, but the results of this small data set with a selected patient cohort indicate that RC without PLND might be an option in selected cases of elderly patients.

Keyphrases

lymph node
spinal cord injury
case report
electronic health record
lymph node metastasis
rectal cancer
human health
risk assessment
radiation therapy
machine learning
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
deep learning
data analysis