Impact of lymphadenectomy in management of renal cell carcinoma /
تأثير استئصال الغدد الليمفاويه فى علاج سرطان الخلايا الكلوية
Mohamed Ahmed Abulhassan ; Supervised Amr Abdelmeguid Attya , Ismail Abdelmoneam Morad , Ashraf Hamed
- Cairo : Mohamed Ahmed Abulhassan , 2011
- 114 P. : charts ; 25cm
Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - National Cancer Institute - Department of Oncology-Surgical
The role of lymph node dissection LND for RCC remains controversial. Several investigators concluded that regional lymphadenectomy is essential to properly stage the tumor. Positive lymph nodes have been clearly shown to have an independent adverse effect on outcome, regardless of other prognostic factors