LYMPH NODE INVOLVEMENT IN PATIENTS WITH BLADDER CANCER TREATED WITH RADICAL CYSTECTOMY: A PATHO-ANATOMICAL STUDY—A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE

Abstract

There is a sentinel region, which is the endopelvic region (that is the internal iliac and obturator groups of lymph nodes). There are no skipped lesions. Negative nodes in the endopelvic region indicate that more proximal dissection is not necessary. Bilateral endopelvic dissection is mandatory.