Role of Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection in Clinical Stage IIA/B Seminoma: Recommendations from the European Association of Urology Guidelines Panel on Testicular Cancer.

We summarize the evidence on nerve-sparing retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for clinical stage IIA/B seminoma. When performed by expert surgeons, this procedure offers a chemotherapy-free survival rate of 80-85% with low morbidity.

European urology. 2025 Sep 15 [Epub ahead of print]

Axel Heidenreich, Anna Patrikidou, Torgrim Tandstad

Department of Urology, Uro-Oncology, Robot-assisted and Specialized Urologic Surgery, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany. Electronic address: ., Genitourinary Oncology Team, Department of Cancer Medicine, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; Department of Early Drug Development, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France., Medical Oncology Department, St. Olav's Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.

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