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Erdem S, Bertolo R, Campi R, Capitanio U, Amparore D, Anceschi U, Mir MC, Roussel E, Pavan N, Carbonara U, Kara O, Klatte T, Marchioni M, Pecoraro A, Muselaers S, Marandino L, Diana P, Borregales L, Palumbo C, Warren H, Wu Z, Calio A, Ciccarese C, Degirmenci E, Aydin R, Rebez G, Schips L, Simone G, Minervini A, Serni S, Ozcan F. The prognostic role of histomorphological subtyping in nonmetastatic papillary renal cell carcinoma after curative surgery: is subtype really irrelevant? A propensity score matching analysis of a multi-institutional real life data. Urol Oncol 2024; 42:163.e1-163.e13. [PMID: 38443238 DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2024.01.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2023] [Revised: 12/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 03/07/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIM The role of histomorphological subtyping is an issue of debate in papillary renal cell carcinoma (papRCC). This multi-institutional study investigated the prognostic role of histomorphological subtyping in patients undergoing curative surgery for nonmetastatic papRCC. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 1,086 patients undergoing curative surgery were included from a retrospectively collected multi-institutional nonmetastatic papRCC database. The patients were divided into 2 groups based on histomorphological subtyping (type 1, n = 669 and type 2, n = 417). Furthermore, a propensity score-matching (PSM) cohort in 1:1 ratio (n = 317 for each subtype) was created to reduce the effect of potential confounding variables. The primary outcome of the study, the predictive role of histomorphological subtyping on the prognosis (recurrence free survival [RFS], cancer specific survival [CSS] and overall survival [OS]) in nonmetastatic papRCC after curative surgery, was investigated in both overall and PSM cohorts. RESULTS In overall cohort, type 2 group were older (66 vs. 63 years, P = 0.015) and more frequently underwent radical nephrectomy (37.4% vs. 25.6%, P < 0.001) and lymphadenectomy (22.3% vs. 15.1%, P = 0.003). Tumor size (4.5 vs. 3.8 cm, P < 0.001) was greater, and nuclear grade (P < 0.001), pT stage (P < 0.001), pN stage (P < 0.001), VENUSS score (P < 0.001) and VENUSS high risk (P < 0.001) were significantly higher in type 2 group. 5-year RFS (89.6% vs. 74.2%, P < 0.001), CSS (93.9% vs. 84.2%, P < 0.001) and OS (88.5% vs. 78.5%, P < 0.001) were significantly lower in type 2 group. On multivariable analyses, type 2 was a significant predictor for RFS (HR:1.86 [95%CI:1.33-2.61], P < 0.001) and CSS (HR:1.91 [95%CI:1.20-3.04], P = 0.006), but not for OS (HR:1.27 [95%CI:0.92-1.76], P = 0.150). In PSM cohort balanced with age, gender, symptoms at diagnosis, pT and pN stages, tumor grade, surgical margin status, sarcomatoid features, rhabdoid features, and presence of necrosis, type 2 increased recurrence risk (HR:1.75 [95%CI: 1.16-2.65]; P = 0.008), but not cancer specific mortality (HR: 1.57 [95%CI: 0.91-2.68]; P = 0.102) and overall mortality (HR: 1.01 [95%CI: 0.68-1.48]; P = 0.981) CONCLUSIONS: This multiinstitutional study suggested that type 2 was associated with adverse histopathologic outcomes, and predictor of RFS and CSS after surgical treatment of nonmetastatic papRCC, in overall cohort. In propensity score-matching cohort, type 2 remained the predictor of RFS. Eventhough 5th WHO classification for renal tumors eliminated histomorphological subtyping, these findings suggest that subtyping is relevant from the point of prognostic view.
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- Selcuk Erdem
- Division of Urologic Oncology, Department of Urology, Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey; European Association of Urology (EAU), Young Academic Urologists (YAU) Renal Cancer Working Group, Arnhem, Netherlands.
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- European Association of Urology (EAU), Young Academic Urologists (YAU) Renal Cancer Working Group, Arnhem, Netherlands; Department of Urology, San Carlo Di Nancy Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- European Association of Urology (EAU), Young Academic Urologists (YAU) Renal Cancer Working Group, Arnhem, Netherlands; Unit of Urological Robotic Surgery and Renal Transplantation, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Urology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Division of Experimental Oncology, Urological Research Institute, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- European Association of Urology (EAU), Young Academic Urologists (YAU) Renal Cancer Working Group, Arnhem, Netherlands; School of Medicine, Division of Urology, Department of Oncology, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, University of Turin, Orbassano, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Urology, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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- European Association of Urology (EAU), Young Academic Urologists (YAU) Renal Cancer Working Group, Arnhem, Netherlands; Department of Urology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- European Association of Urology (EAU), Young Academic Urologists (YAU) Renal Cancer Working Group, Arnhem, Netherlands; Urology Clinic, Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Science, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- European Association of Urology (EAU), Young Academic Urologists (YAU) Renal Cancer Working Group, Arnhem, Netherlands; Unit of Andrology and Kidney Transplantation, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation-Urology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Kocaeli University School of Medicine, Kocaeli, Turkey
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- Department of Urology, Helios Klinikum Bad Saarow, Bad Saarow, Germany
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- European Association of Urology (EAU), Young Academic Urologists (YAU) Renal Cancer Working Group, Arnhem, Netherlands; Department of Urology, SS. Annunziata Hospital, G. D'Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy
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- European Association of Urology (EAU), Young Academic Urologists (YAU) Renal Cancer Working Group, Arnhem, Netherlands; Division of Urology, Pederzoli Hospital, Peschiera del Garda, Verona, Italy
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- European Association of Urology (EAU), Young Academic Urologists (YAU) Renal Cancer Working Group, Arnhem, Netherlands; Department of Urology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- European Association of Urology (EAU), Young Academic Urologists (YAU) Renal Cancer Working Group, Arnhem, Netherlands; Division of Experimental Oncology, Urological Research Institute, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- European Association of Urology (EAU), Young Academic Urologists (YAU) Renal Cancer Working Group, Arnhem, Netherlands; Department of Urology, IRCCS Humanitas Clinic, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- European Association of Urology (EAU), Young Academic Urologists (YAU) Renal Cancer Working Group, Arnhem, Netherlands; Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medicine/New York-Presbyterian, New York, NY
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- European Association of Urology (EAU), Young Academic Urologists (YAU) Renal Cancer Working Group, Arnhem, Netherlands; Division of Urology, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, Novara, Italy
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- European Association of Urology (EAU), Young Academic Urologists (YAU) Renal Cancer Working Group, Arnhem, Netherlands; Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, London, UK
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- European Association of Urology (EAU), Young Academic Urologists (YAU) Renal Cancer Working Group, Arnhem, Netherlands; Department of Urology, Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- European Association of Urology (EAU), Young Academic Urologists (YAU) Renal Cancer Working Group, Arnhem, Netherlands; Department of Diagnostic and Public Health, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- European Association of Urology (EAU), Young Academic Urologists (YAU) Renal Cancer Working Group, Arnhem, Netherlands; Medical Oncology Unit, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Urology Clinic, Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Science, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Urology, SS. Annunziata Hospital, G. D'Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy
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- School of Medicine, Division of Urology, Department of Oncology, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, University of Turin, Orbassano, Turin, Italy
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- Unit of Urological Oncologic Minimally-Invasive Robotic Surgery and Andrology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Unit of Urological Robotic Surgery and Renal Transplantation, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Division of Urologic Oncology, Department of Urology, Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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Liu Y, Cheng W, Yang Q, Han Y, Jiang Q, Yang Y, Zhang H. Mining and validation of prognosis of various visceral metastasis in renal cell carcinoma: a study based on SEER database. Updates Surg 2024; 76:657-676. [PMID: 38165526 DOI: 10.1007/s13304-023-01703-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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Our study was aimed to analyze a substantial of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) patients, research the high-risk factors and prognostic factors of metastasis, and thoroughly examine the effects of primary site surgery, lymph node dissection (LND), and chemotherapy on the prognosis of different visceral metastases. The baseline characteristics were characterized, and logistic regression was used to predict the risk factors for metastasis. Prognostic factors of metastatic RCC were assessed using batch univariate and multivariate Cox regression, with adjustments made through PSM. Next, the Kaplan-Meier method was employed to assess OS and create the survival curve. Logistic regression identified risk factors for metastasis: male gender [OR, 1.223; P < 0.001], Hist clear (OR, 9.37; P < 0.001), Hist papillary (OR, 2.49; P < 0.001), and TTX (OR, 23.33; P < 0.001). We found several independent prognostic variables: among which chemotherapy (HR, 0.64), local LND (HR, 0.67), and primary site surgery (HR, 0.97) were associated with better OS. Further study results demonstrated that all kinds of visceral metastasis except for liver metastasis in the operation group had substantially better prognoses than those in the non-operation group (P < 0.05). Regional LND had no discernible impact on survival. Patients with liver, lung, and distant lymph node (LN) metastasis benefited from chemotherapy (P < 0.05), but the bone and brain metastasis did not significantly benefit from treatment (P > 0.05). We recommend primary surgery for different types of visceral metastases except liver metastasis. Routine regional LND is not recommended. Chemotherapy should be considered for patients with lung, distant LN, and liver metastases, but not for those with bone and brain metastases.
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- Yu Liu
- School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China.
- Department of Urology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200072, China.
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Scheipner L, Barletta F, Cano Garcia C, Incesu RB, Morra S, Baudo A, Assad A, Tian Z, Saad F, Shariat SF, Briganti A, Chun FKH, Tilki D, Longo N, Carmignani L, Pichler M, Ahyai S, Karakiewicz PI. Prognostic Significance of Pathologic Lymph Node Invasion in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma in the Immunotherapy Era. Ann Surg Oncol 2023; 30:8780-8785. [PMID: 37815682 PMCID: PMC10625944 DOI: 10.1245/s10434-023-14367-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND This study aimed to test the prognostic significance of pathologically confirmed lymph node invasion in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) patients in this immunotherapy era. METHODS Surgically treated mRCC patients were identified in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database between 2010 and 2018. Kaplan-Meier plots and multivariable Cox-regression models were fitted to test for differences in cancer-specific mortality (CSM) and overall mortality (OM) according to N stage (pN0 vs pN1 vs. pNx). Subgroup analyses addressing pN1 patients tested for CSM and OM differences according to postoperative systemic therapy status. RESULTS Overall, 3149 surgically treated mRCC patients were identified. Of these patients, 443 (14%) were labeled as pN1, 812 (26%) as pN0, and 1894 (60%) as pNx. In Kaplan-Meier analyses, the median CSM-free survival was 15 months for pN1 versus 40 months for pN0 versus 35 months for pNx (P < 0.001). In multivariable Cox regression analyses, pN1 independently predicted higher CSM (hazard ratio [HR], 1.88; P < 0.01) and OM (HR, 1.95; P < 0.01) relative to pN0. In sensitivity analyses addressing pN1 patients, postoperative systemic therapy use independently predicted lower CSM (HR, 0.73; P < 0.01) and OM (HR, 0.71; P < 0.01). CONCLUSION Pathologically confirmed lymph node invasion independently predicted higher CSM and OM for surgically treated mRCC patients. For pN1 mRCC patients, use of postoperative systemic therapy was associated with lower CSM and OM. Consequently, N stage should be considered for individual patient counseling and clinical decision-making. Consort diagram of the study population.
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- Lukas Scheipner
- Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, Division of Urology, University of Montréal Health Center, Montréal, QC, Canada.
- Department of Urology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
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- Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, Division of Urology, University of Montréal Health Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Unit of Urology/Division of Oncology, Gianfranco Soldera Prostate Cancer Lab, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, Division of Urology, University of Montréal Health Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Department of Urology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, Division of Urology, University of Montréal Health Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Martini-Klinik Prostate Cancer Center, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, Division of Urology, University of Montréal Health Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Department of Neurosciences, Science of Reproduction and Odontostomatology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, Division of Urology, University of Montréal Health Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Department of Urology, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy
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- Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, Division of Urology, University of Montréal Health Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, Division of Urology, University of Montréal Health Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, Division of Urology, University of Montréal Health Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA
- Hourani Center for Applied Scientific Research, Al-Ahliyya Amman University, Amman, Jordan
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- Unit of Urology/Division of Oncology, Gianfranco Soldera Prostate Cancer Lab, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Urology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Martini-Klinik Prostate Cancer Center, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Urology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Urology, Koc University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurosciences, Science of Reproduction and Odontostomatology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Urology, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy
- Department of Urology, IRCCS Ospedale Galeazzi-Sant'Ambrogio, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Medical Faculty, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
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- Department of Urology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, Division of Urology, University of Montréal Health Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
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Bekku K, Kawada T, Yanagisawa T, Karakiewicz PI, Shariat SF. Role of lymphadenectomy during primary surgery for kidney cancer. Curr Opin Urol 2023; 33:294-301. [PMID: 37014778 PMCID: PMC10256307 DOI: 10.1097/mou.0000000000001095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Lymph node dissection (LND) during radical nephrectomy (RN) for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is not considered as a standard. The emergence of robot-assisted surgery and effective immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) in recent years may change this and lymph node (LN) staging has become easier and has a clinical impact. In this review, we aimed to reconsider the role of LND today. RECENT FINDINGS Although the extent of LND has still not been well established, removal of more LN seems to provide better oncologic outcomes for a select group of patients with high-risk factors such as clinical T3-4. Adjuvant therapy using pembrolizumab has been shown to improve disease free survival if complete resection of metastatic lesions as well as the primary site is obtained in combination. Robot assisted RN for localized RCC has been widespread and the studies regarding LND for RCC has been recently appeared. SUMMARY The staging and surgical benefits and its extent of LND during RN for RCC remains unclear, but it is becoming increasingly important. Technologies that allow an easier LND and adjuvant ICI that improve survival in LN-positive patients are engaging the role of LND, a procedure that was needed, but almost never done, is now indicated sometimes. Now, the goal is to identify the clinical and molecular imaging tools that can help identify with sufficient accuracy who needs a LND and which LNs to remove in a targeted personalized approach.
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- Kensuke Bekku
- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna
- Department of Urology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna
- Department of Urology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna
- Department of Urology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Cancer Prognostic and Health Outcomes Unit, Division of Urology, University of Montreal Health Center, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna
- Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
- Division of Urology, Department of Special Surgery, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
- Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
- Department of Urology, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
- Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
- Karl Landsteiner Institute of Urology and Andrology, Vienna, Austria
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