Impact of adequate pelvic lymph node dissection on overall survival after radical cystectomy: A stratified analysis by clinical stage and receipt of neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Our data suggest that patients who did not receive NAC benefit from an adequate LND. However, the receipt of an adequate LND was not associated with an OS benefit in patients pretreated with NAC. Our study indicates that the receipt of NAC may eradicate micrometastatic disease, and thus limit the benefit of an adequate LND.