2022
Association of Lymph Node Count and Survival after Primary Retroperitoneal Lymphadenectomy for Nonseminomatous Testicular Cancer
Patel H, Srivastava A, Kim S, Patel H, Pierorazio P, Bagrodia A, Masterson T, Ghodoussipour S, Kim I, Singer E, Jang T. Association of Lymph Node Count and Survival after Primary Retroperitoneal Lymphadenectomy for Nonseminomatous Testicular Cancer. Journal Of Urology 2022, 207: 1057-1066. PMID: 34978466, DOI: 10.1097/ju.0000000000002369.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary retroperitoneal lymph node dissectionRetroperitoneal lymph node dissectionNonseminomatous germ cell tumorsLymph node countLymph nodesOverall survivalTherapeutic implicationsTesticular nonseminomatous germ cell tumorsFive-year OS ratesHigher lymph node countLymph node-positive diseasePrimary retroperitoneal lymphadenectomyClinical stage INational Cancer DatabaseLymph node dissectionNode-positive diseaseKaplan-Meier methodNonseminomatous testicular cancerCS IGerm cell tumorsLogistic regression analysisNode countImproved OSNode dissectionRetroperitoneal lymphadenectomy
2020
Association of lymph node count and survival after primary retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND) for testicular nonseminomatous germ cell tumor (NSGCT).
Patel H, Srivastava A, Kim S, Singer E, Kim I, Jang T. Association of lymph node count and survival after primary retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND) for testicular nonseminomatous germ cell tumor (NSGCT). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2020, 38: e17052-e17052. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.38.15_suppl.e17052.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNonseminomatous germ cell tumorsRetroperitoneal lymph node dissectionLymph node countOverall survivalLN countStage IPrimary retroperitoneal lymph node dissectionTesticular nonseminomatous germ cell tumorsMultivariate analysisClinical stage ILymph node dissectionNational Cancer DatabaseSingle-center studyKaplan-Meier methodGerm cell tumorsNode countPT2 diseaseNode dissectionAnalytic cohortFavorable survivalCenter studyCell tumorsCancer DatabaseTherapeutic implicationsAcademic centers