Prognostic Value of Lymph Node Dissection in Patients With Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Upper Urinary Tract
Lymph Node Dissection

About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Lymph Node Dissection focused on measuring urothelial cancer, nephroureterectomy, Upper urinary tract
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- clinically diagnosed with upper tract urothelial carcinoma
- have no distant metastasis
- have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score 0 to 2
- expected to receive radical nephroureterectomy
Exclusion Criteria:
- a prior history of bladder cancer
- administration of neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- deny to receive long term follow-up
- patients with contralateral UTUCs
- patients with synchronous muscle invasive bladder cancer
Sites / Locations
- Peking University First HospitalRecruiting
- Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Routine lymph node dissection (LND) during nephroureterectomy
LND for lymph nodes enlargement found before or during surgery
Template-based LND was carried out in all patients in this group. The anatomical extent of LND is described in previous study. Lymph node specimens were sampled "en bloc" with surrounding adipose tissue, and were sent to pathological examination as individual packets with the surrounding adipose tissue.
LND was carried out only in patients who have lymph nodes enlargement in preoperative imaging (CTU or enhanced MRI) or who were found lymph nodes enlargement during surgery.