title: [Preoperative prediction of the presence of lymph node metastasis of prostatic carcinoma: reliability and clinical significance].
abstract: A total of 28 patients with clinically localized prostate cancer have undergone laparoscopic pelvic staging lymphadenectomy. In 21% of the patients pelvic lymph node metastases were diagnosed. If the Gleason score on needle biopsy was less than 6, the likelihood of lymph node metastases was 15%, whereas 50% of patients with a Gleason score of 6 or more had lymph node spreading; Whatever cutoff was used, the preoperative PSA value unreliable to predict the regional nodal status.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Urologica, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore di Milano.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trinchieri
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nespoli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rovera
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D011300:Preoperative Care; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000097:blood; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen