| Abstract: | The usefulness of radical nephrectomy combined with lymphadenectomy for improving the prognosis of renal cell carcinoma was evaluated in 146 patients with this disease during the 21-year period from 1963 to 1983. Eighty-six out of the 146 underwent radical nephrectomy alone, while the remaining 60 patients received radical nephrectomy combined with lymphadenectomy. In cases of stage I and stage IV B, lymphadenectomy produced no improvement in the survival rate. On the other hand, of the 58 patients who had stage II and stage III disease, in the 23 who underwent lymphadenectomy, the survival rate improved significantly as compared to the 35 who did not. |
