Prostate cancer patients with lymphatic node involvement detected by immunohistochemistry. Is the effort worthwhile?
Pedro de Pablos-RodríguezFrancesco ClapsAna Aldaz AcínÁlvaro Gómez-FerrerAugusto WongJuan Boronat CataláAna Calatrava FonsAntonio Coy GarcíaJuan Casanova-Ramón BorjaMiguel Ramírez BackhausPublished in: Urologic oncology (2024)
Conventional HE histological analysis underdiagnosed nearly 10% of patients. IHC-detected patients were at higher risk of metastasis development than OLN - patients. This report highlights the importance of optimizing the anatomopathological analysis properly.