title: The role of lymphadenectomy in renal cancer surgery. An update.
abstract: In the present review the role of lymph node dissection in association to the prognosis of renal cell carcinoma is discussed in some details. The distribution of lymph node metastases, the extend of the lymph node dissection as well as the relation between histologic type and the incidence of nodal metastases are the points that must be well investigated. Nowdays, it seems that the complete lymph node dissection does not demonstrate any survival benefit over the radical nephrectomy alone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Medical Faculty,University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
authors.forename: Xenophon
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Giannakopoulos
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Charalabopoulos
authors.forename: Alexandros
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Charalabopoulos
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Golias
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baltogiannis
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sofikitis
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis