...Michael Froehner; Albrecht Scholz; Rainer Koch; Oliver W. Hakenberg; Gustavo B. Baretton; Manfred P. Wirth Background: Factors predicting survival in men with lymph node-positive prostate cancer are still poorly defined. Patients and Methods: 193 prostate cancer patients with histopathologically...

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... by cystectomy with pelvic lymphadenectomy from 1970 to 1990,40 (16%; 37 males, 3 females) had pelvic nodal metastases. Fifteen patients had one positive lymph node (stage pN1) and 25 patients had more than one positive node (stage pN2). Preoperative pelvic radiotherapy was realized in 14 patients. Results...

...V.F. Nadalini; C. Giglio; G.P. Bruttini; M. Medica; M. Piccardo; C. Ruggeri The authors present their experience with transperitoneal thin-needle biopsy of the retroperitoneal lymph nodes. This method is a means of improving lymphographic diagnosis in suspected lymph node metastases, the small...