Impact of lymph node burden on survival of high-risk prostate cancer patients following radical prostatectomy and pelvic lymph node dissection

Impact of lymph node burden on survival of high-risk prostate cancer patients following radical prostatectomy and pelvic lymph node dissection

Aim: To determine the impact of the extent of lymph node invasion (LNI), on long-term oncological outcomes after radical prostatectomy (RP). Material and methods: In this retrospective study we examined the data of 1249 high-risk, non-metastatic PCa patients treated with RP and pelvic lymph node dis...

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Main Authors: Lisa Moris, Thomas Van den Broeck, Lorenzo Tosco, Anthony Van Baelen, Paolo Gontero, Robert Jeffrey Karnes, Wouter Everaerts, Maarten Albersen, Patrick Jan Bastian, Piotr Chlosta, Frank Claessens, Felix KH Chun, Graefen Markus, Christian Gratzke, Burkhard Kneitz, Giansilvio Marchioro, Rafael Sanchez Salas, Bertrand Tombal, Henk Van Der Poel, Jochen Christoph Walz, Gert De Meerleer, Alberto Bossi, Karin Haustermans, Francesco Montorsi, Hendrik Van Poppel, Martin Spahn, Alberto Briganti, Steven Joniau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Surgery
Subjects:
Lymph Node Excision
Prostatectomy
prostate cancer
Surgery
prognosis
cancer outcomes
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fsurg.2016.00065/full

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