Annals of surgical oncology
Tumor Laterality Predicts Pelvic Lymph Node Metastasis Patterns in Bladder Cancer.
Takahiko Hajime, Masaki Shiota, Genshiro Fukuchi, Jun Mutaguchi, Takashi Matsumoto, Tokiyoshi Tanegashima, Shigehiro Tsukahara, Satoshi Kobayashi, Masatoshi Eto
Published: 202610.1245/s10434-026-19088-0
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Although lymph node involvement (LNI) is a critical prognostic factor guiding adjuvant therapy, randomized trials have failed to show a survival advantage of extended versus standard pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) but have demonstrat…
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