Urachal Carcinoma: Are Lymphadenectomy and Umbilectomy Necessary?

CONCLUSIONS Lymph node metastases and failure to undergo umbilectomy were the independent prognostic factors for OS and PFS. Lymph node resection was not a predictor of OS. Patients had poorer prognosis when the tumor invaded the entire wall of the bladder compared with those that invaded the muscular layer. PMID: 32958737 [PubMed - in process]
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