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ObjectiveTo develop a novel nomogram to predict lymph node invasion (LNI) in Asian men undergoing radical prostatectomy (RP) and pelvic LN dissection (PLND) for localised prostate cancer.
Patients and MethodsThe patient cohort included 541 patients who underwent robot‐assisted RP and PLND by a single surgeon between January 2008 and December 2011.Patients with dissection of <10 LNs, prostate‐specific...
What's known on the subject? and What does the study add?Although lymph node dissection (LND) is known as the most accurate method of nodal staging, the therapeutic role of LND remains undetermined. This is mainly because of the lack of randomized prospective studies and the fact that retrospective analyses often result in bias and misinterpretation.To overcome the limitation of retrospective analysis,...
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