Research Article

Pelvic Radiotherapy versus Radical Prostatectomy with Limited Lymph Node Sampling for High-Grade Prostate Adenocarcinoma

Table 2

Surgical and pathologic characteristics of prostatectomy patients.

Frequencies (%)Prostatectomy ()

Surgical approach
 Perineal2 (4%)
 Retropubic14 (28%)
 Robotic25 (50%)
Pathology Gleason score
 ≤78 (16%)
 ≥842 (84%)
Pathologic T stage
 ≤T213 (26%)
 ≥T337 (74%)
Pathologic node involvement
 NX12 (24%)
 N029 (58%)
 N19 (18%)
Adverse pathology
 Positive margin24 (49%)
 SV invasion22 (44%)
 EC extension37 (74%)
 Any of the above44 (88%)

Means (range)

Nodes sampled
 N05.8 (1–17)
 N115.71 (7–23)

EC: extracapsular; NX: lymph nodes not sampled; N0: lymph nodes negative for disease; N1: lymph nodes positive for disease; RT: radiotherapy; SV: seminal vesicle.
Surgical approach data was unavailable for 9 patients.