Relationship between the number of lymph nodes dissected and prognosis in muscle-invasive bladder cancer in the era of neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
Kosuke TochigiJun NagayamaShoko BandoAkinobu IshiyamaTakuma YubaYuri YuguchiHirotaka MatsuiKyosuke HattoriMomokazu GotohPublished in: International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association (2022)
No association between more aggressive lymph node dissection and prognosis was found in patients who underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Conversely, extended lymph node dissection is desirable for patients who have not received neoadjuvant chemotherapy.