Predicting the risk of lymph node invasion during radical prostatectomy using the European Association of Urology guideline nomogram: a validation study.

Jan Schmitges; P I Karakiewicz; M Sun; F Abdollah; Lars Budäus; Hendrik Isbarn; M Bianchi; Q-D Trinh; Thorsten Schlomm; Felix Chun; Markus Graefen; Thomas Steuber

doi:10.1016/j.ejso.2012.04.005

Predicting the risk of lymph node invasion during radical prostatectomy using the European Association of Urology guideline nomogram: a validation study.

Jan Schmitges
P I Karakiewicz
M Sun
F Abdollah
Lars Budäus
Hendrik Isbarn
M Bianchi
Q-D Trinh
Thorsten Schlomm
Felix Chun
Markus Graefen
Thomas Steuber

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Department for Urology

Abstract

The 2011 European Association of Urology (EAU) guidelines for prostate cancer recommend a pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) at radical prostatectomy (RP) in all individuals with a nomogram predicted lymph node invasion (LNI) risk of >7%.

Bibliographical data

Original language	English
Article number	7
ISSN	0748-7983
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2012.04.005
Publication status	Published - 07.2012