Pelvic lymphadenectomy as staging before definitive treatment of prostatic carcinoma.
Between 1980 and 1987, 54 patients with prostatic adenocarcinoma in stages T0 to T3, M0, underwent staging by pelvic lymphadenectomy, 16 with associated radical prostatectomy. Lymph node metastases were present in 28 cases (52%). In this study, the presence of pelvic lymph node metastases was better correlated to clinical stage than to histological grade.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010388:Pelvis; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D011882:Radiotherapy, High-Energy