Pelvic Lymphadenectomy in the Treatment of Invasive Bladder Cancer: Literature Review

The standard surgical treatment of invasive bladder cancer is the radical cystectomy and pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND). Up to one-third of patients with invasive bladder cancer have lymph node metastasis. Thus, PLND has important therapeutic and prognostic benefits. The number of lymph nodes t...

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Main Authors: Ehab A. Elzayat, Ali A. Al-Zahrani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Advances in Urology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/701481
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