The prognostic value of lymph node staging with prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) and extended pelvic lymph node dissection in node-positive patients with prostate cancer.
Dennie MeijerRosemarijn H EttemaPim J van LeeuwenTheo H van der KwastHendrik van der PoelMaarten L DonswijkDaniela E Oprea-LagerElise M BekersAndré N VisPublished in: BJU international (2022)
Patients in whom pelvic lymph node metastases were suspected on preoperative PSMA imaging (miN1), patients diagnosed with >2 tumour-positive lymph nodes, and patients with a larger diameter of the largest nodal metastasis had a significantly increased risk of biochemical disease progression after surgery.
Keyphrases
- lymph node
- pet ct
- positron emission tomography
- computed tomography
- prostate cancer
- end stage renal disease
- sentinel lymph node
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- radical prostatectomy
- rectal cancer
- magnetic resonance imaging
- squamous cell carcinoma
- pulmonary embolism
- radiation therapy
- patients undergoing
- patient reported outcomes
- magnetic resonance
- locally advanced
- benign prostatic hyperplasia
- dual energy
- patient reported