Purpose: We better defined the benefits and morbidity of lymph node dissection in patients
with localized renal cell carcinoma using the experience of patients treated at our institution …

OBJECTIVES: To analyze the additional impact of retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy on
overall and cancer-specific survival (CSS) in patients with primary renal cell carcinoma …

BACKGROUND The current study was performed to determine the impact of the presence of
retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy on the survival and response to immunotherapy of …

Objectives To evaluate the role of regional lymph node dissection (LND) in a series of
patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with no suspicion of nodal metastases before or …

Purpose: Patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma have a reported 5-year survival of 0%
to 20%. The ability to predict which patients would benefit from nephrectomy and interleukin …

In a prospective study of 511 patients we compared the data of 320 who underwent
systematically extended dissection of the regional lymph nodes with data of 191 who …

Purpose: Nodal disease in the setting of metastatic renal cell carcinoma is associated with
poor prognosis. However, to our knowledge the biology of nodal metastases in the absence …

Purpose: In a population based cohort we determined whether an increase in the number of
lymph nodes removed is associated with improved disease specific survival of patients with …

CONTEXT: Although lymphadenectomy (lymph node dissection [LND]) is currently accepted
as the most accurate and reliable staging procedure for the detection of lymph node …

Purpose: We investigated the occurrence and extent of metastatic spread, especially
regarding lymph nodes, of renal cell carcinoma. Materials and Methods: From 1958 to 1982 …