A population-based assessment of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network practice guideline indications for pelvic lymph node dissection at radical prostatectomy.
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Abstract
To examine the ability of the threshold recommended by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) in correctly predicting histologically-confirmed lymph node invasion (LNI). The 2010 NCCN practice guidelines for prostate cancer recommend a pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) at radical prostatectomy in all individuals with a nomogram predicted LNI risk of ?2%.
Bibliographical data
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 8 |
| ISSN | 1464-4096 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| pubmed | 21880105 |
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