Impact of lymphadenectomy and nodal burden in renal cell carcinoma: Retrospective analysis of the National Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database

More extensive lymphadenectomy does not appear to increase further the probability of CSS in patients undergoing radical nephrectomy for RCC. An increased number of positive nodes, as well as an increasing nodal burden, although associated with a lower likelihood of survival, were not independent predictors of RCC-specific mortality.