Clinical Study

Laparoscopic Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Prostate Cancer: The Relevance of Locations Outside the Extended Dissection Area

Table 2

Characteristics of 14 patients with a recurrence in the prostate and the outcome of the SN procedure. None of the nodes outside the extended dissection area was tumor positive.

AgePrevious treatment and time passedPSA at time of recurrenceGleason scoreOutcome
+: tumor bearing nodes
Location outside of extended dissection area

53 yExternal beam, 9 y2.27
68 yBrachy therapy, 8 y177Para-aortic
68 yExternal beam, 5 y4.06
70 yExternal beam, 8 y4.88+
63 yBrachy therapy, 6 y2.16
65 yBrachy therapy, 7 y117Abdominal wall, near umbilical ligament
73 yBrachy therapy, 2 y216+Inguinal node (negative)
64 yExternal beam, 3 y77+
61 yExternal beam, 5 y12.78+Para-aortic (negative)
62 yHIFU, 2 y308inguinal
69 yExternal beam, 3 y3.87+Para-aortic (negative)
63 yHIFU, 1 y5.46Abd. Wall, next to umbilical ligament
71 yExternal beam, 6 y1.77
61 yBrachy therapy, 5 y2.19+