Association of Lymph Node Count and Survival after Primary Retroperitoneal Lymphadenectomy for Nonseminomatous Testicular Cancer
Patel H, Srivastava A, Kim S, Patel H, Pierorazio P, Bagrodia A, Masterson T, Ghodoussipour S, Kim I, Singer E, Jang T. Association of Lymph Node Count and Survival after Primary Retroperitoneal Lymphadenectomy for Nonseminomatous Testicular Cancer. Journal Of Urology 2022, 207: 1057-1066. PMID: 34978466, DOI: 10.1097/ju.0000000000002369.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary retroperitoneal lymph node dissectionRetroperitoneal lymph node dissectionNonseminomatous germ cell tumorsLymph node countLymph nodesOverall survivalTherapeutic implicationsTesticular nonseminomatous germ cell tumorsFive-year OS ratesHigher lymph node countLymph node-positive diseasePrimary retroperitoneal lymphadenectomyClinical stage INational Cancer DatabaseLymph node dissectionNode-positive diseaseKaplan-Meier methodNonseminomatous testicular cancerCS IGerm cell tumorsLogistic regression analysisNode countImproved OSNode dissectionRetroperitoneal lymphadenectomy