The role of pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) in patients with localized prostate cancer remains controversial. Although guidelines are increasingly recommending extended PLND alongside radical ...

Pelvic lymph node metastases visualized on PSMA PET/CT prior to prostate cancer surgery independently predicts an increased risk for biochemical disease progression, a study found. Patients with ...

Whole-pelvic radiation conferred a 67% lower risk of all-cause mortality among patients younger than 65 with unfavorable-risk prostate cancer. Treatment with whole-pelvic radiation therapy (WPRT) may ...

Men with lymph node–positive prostate cancer fare better if they receive up-front adjuvant radiotherapy (RT) after prostatectomy instead of waiting for salvage RT, conclude researchers who conducted a ...

Using adjuvant versus early salvage radiation therapy (RT) after radical prostatectomy in men with pN1 prostate cancer has been associated with reductions in mortality, but is this true regardless of ...

Now, a group of experts are questioning the wisdom of lymph node removal in these cases Leaving the nodes intact might help men avoid side effects and boost the effectiveness of cutting-edge ...

In a cohort of patients with clinically node-positive prostate cancer matched by other-cause mortality, radiation therapy was significantly associated with an 86% higher risk of dying from prostate ...

Prostate cancer patients with T2c-T4 prostate cancer with no extra pelvic lymph node involvement and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) less than 150 ng/mL were included. All patients received 4 months ...

While most prostate cancers grow slowly, some may classify as aggressive prostate cancers based on stage and grade. Prostate cancers mostly consist of adenocarcinomas, which develop within the ...