Role of lymph node dissection in radical cystectomy.

ABSTRACT: The number of lymph node dissections (LNDs) is an independent factor influencing the survival time of patients with bladder cancer (BCa) after radical resection (RC). The present study aimed to investigate the association between the number of LNDs and the survival of patients with BCa at different stages and who underwent RC in the United States of America and China. Records from 17,730 American patients with BCa and 158 Chinese patients with BCa were collected from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) and the Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital (China) databases, respectively. Kaplan-Meier curve and χ² test were used to determine the overall survival time (OS) of patients with BCa. Cox regression analysis was used to analyze the effects of LND number on OS. Overa

SUBMITTER: Wang K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7285989 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature