Prospective assessment of histological serial sectioning of pelvic lymph nodes in prostate cancer: a cost‐benefit analysis

• Published in: BJU international Vol. 110; no. 6b; pp. E166 - E171
• Main Authors: Schilling, David, Hennenlotter, Jörg, Gakis, Georgios, Schwentner, Christian, Kuehs, Ursula, Stenzl, Arnulf, Sotlar, Karl
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2012; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Aged; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Feasibility Studies; Histocytological Preparation Techniques - economics; Humans; immunohistochemistry; Immunohistochemistry - economics; lymph node metastases; Lymph Nodes - pathology; Lymphatic Metastasis - pathology; Male; Middle Aged; Pelvis; Prospective Studies; prostate cancer; Prostatic Neoplasms - pathology; Sensitivity and Specificity; staging; step section analysis

Study Type – Therapy (case series) Level of Evidence 4 What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Metastatic spread to the regional lymph nodes (LNs) is the single worst predictor of survival in prostate cancer. Knowledge of the LN status is crucial, as the treatment strategy is...