Clinical results of early stage prostatic cancer treated by pelvic lymphadenectomy and 125iodine implants.
Eighty patients with clinically early stage adenocarcinoma of the prostate were treated with pelvic lymphadenectomy and interstitial implantation of 125iodine seeds. A new applicator that permits greater accuracy in spacing the seeds has been developed. Postoperative complications were minimal, with urinary irritability being the most common. Multiple transrectal needle biopsies were performed 12 and 18 months after treatment in 46 patients. The prostatic biopsies were negative for carcinoma in 61 per cent and positive in 39 per cent of the patients. Long-term followup is needed to correlate post-treatment biopsies with survival and to determine if patients with positive biopsies should receive further treatment.
D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001918:Brachytherapy; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes