Impact of the extent of regional lymphadenectomy on the survival of patients with urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract.

T, Kondo; H, Nakazawa; F, Ito; Y, Hashimoto; H, Toma; K, Tanabe

doi:10.1016/j.juro.2007.05.158

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Impact of the extent of regional lymphadenectomy on the survival of patients with urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract.

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Kondo T

Nakazawa H

Ito F

Abstract

<h4>Purpose</h4>We determined the impact of the extent of regional lymphadenectomy on survival in patients with urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>Between January 1989 and January 2006, 169 patients with nonmetastatic urothelial carcinoma of the upper urina...

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