European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology

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• Eur J Surg Oncol · Mar 2015

  Differential effect on survival of pelvic lymph node dissection at radical cystectomy for muscle invasive bladder cancer.

  To compare long-term cancer outcomes after radical cystectomy (RC) alone or RC with pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) according to different age and comorbidities categories. ⋯ RC with PLND is associated with improved all cause and cancer specific survival in younger and healthier RC candidates but not in older and sicker patients.

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