Open pelvic lymph node dissection for prostate cancer: a reassessment

Urology
S C CampbellM R Piedmonte

Abstract

To provide a risk-to-benefit analysis of open staging pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) for prostate cancer. The medical records of all patients presenting with prostate cancer from July 1989 to April 1994 were reviewed. A total of 245 patients with clinically localized disease were selected to undergo radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) preceded by open PLND. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to evaluate the predictive value of the preoperative serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) concentration, clinical stage, and Gleason score with regard to final nodal status. The cost and morbidity associated with PLND in the setting of RRP was also defined. Overall, only 16 patients (6.5%) had lymph node metastases. Lymph node involvement correlated significantly with elevated serum PSA values (P = 0.0001), high Gleason score (P = 0.0022), and advanced clinical stage (P = 0.0001). Lymph node metastases were particularly uncommon in patients with nonpalpable tumors (1 of 67 [1.5%]), PSA values less than 10 (2 of 154 [1.3%]), and Gleason score less than 6 (1 of 26 [3.8%]). Overall, 179 patients (73.1%) presented with at least one or more of these favorable characteristics, and only 4 (2.2%) had lymph node involvement...Continue Reading

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