First Nomogram Predicting the Probability of Lymph Node Involvement in Prostate Cancer Patients Undergoing Radioisotope Guided Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection
Author(s) -
Alexander Winter,
Thomas Kneib,
Martin Rohde,
RolfPeter Henke,
Friedhelm Wawroschek
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
urologia internationalis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.771
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1423-0399
pISSN - 0042-1138
DOI - 10.1159/000431182
Subject(s) - nomogram , medicine , prostate cancer , sentinel lymph node , prostatectomy , lymph node , prostate specific antigen , logistic regression , lymphadenectomy , dissection (medical) , urology , multivariate analysis , stage (stratigraphy) , radical retropubic prostatectomy , radiology , oncology , cancer , breast cancer , paleontology , biology
Existing nomograms predicting lymph node involvement (LNI) in prostate cancer (PCa) are based on conventional lymphadenectomy. The aim of the study was to develop the first nomogram for predicting LNI in PCa patients undergoing sentinel guided pelvic lymph node dissection (sPLND).
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