title: [Value of lymph node dissection for renal cell carcinoma].
abstract: There are as yet no common standards regarding lymph node dissection during tumor nephrectomy. In order to assess prognoses and survival rates and ensure early detection of kidney tumors, a pathohistological staging following lymphadenopathy and new adjuvant therapies in metastatic disease have to be established in the future. The aims of lymph node dissection are - as far as the morbidity and performance status of the patient are concerned - accurate staging and a decrease in risk of tumor recurrence, particularly in organ-confined cancer disease.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Urologie und Urologische Onkologie, Medizinische Hochschule, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30625 Hannover.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Matuschek
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Merseburger
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kuczyk
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis