Extended robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy and extended pelvic lymph node dissection as a monotherapy in patients with very high-risk prostate cancer Patients.
Noriyoshi MiuraNaoya SugiharaKeisuke FunakiToshio KakudaKanae KoyamaRyuta WatanabeYuichiro SawadaTerutaka NodaKenichi NishimuraTetsuya FukumotoYuki MiyauchiTadahiko KikugawaTakashi SaikaPublished in: Cancer medicine (2021)
Extended robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy and extended pelvic lymph node dissection without adjuvant therapy is safe and effective for some patients with very-high-risk prostate cancer. The clinical stage and node positivity status predicted monotherapy failure, which may indicate good adjuvant therapy candidate.