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According to an editorial commentary by Evans on the UroToday web site yesterday, a Canadian study published in BJU International last November has raised some interesting questions about the potential value of pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) during the surgical treatment of men with prostate cancer of any stage. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: outcome, pelvic lymph node dissection, PLND, prostate cancer-specific mortality | 1 Comment »
Surgical removal of samples of the pelvic lymph nodes at the time of radical prostatectomy (RP) — known as pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) — is still the most accurate method available to determine the presence or absence of lymph nodes positive for cancer (pN1 disease) in a patient with cancer of the prostate. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Management, Treatment | Tagged: pelvic lymph node dissection, PNLD, risk, stage | Leave a Comment »
Today’s news reports address items on:
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: Canada, guidelines, incidence, mortality, osteoporesis, pelvic lymph node dissection, PLND, Provenge, screening, sipuleucel-T | 3 Comments »
In today’s other news reports there are items on:
Filed under: Diagnosis, Drugs in development, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: biopsy, docetaxel, mistrust, oblimersen, pelvic lymph node dissection, PLND, three-dimensional, transrectal, ultrasound-guided | Leave a Comment »
In addition to the reports on the early stages of the RALP learning curve and quality of life outcomes post-brachtherapy, there are a large number of additional reports in today’s news: … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Drugs in development, Management, Treatment | Tagged: Alpharadin, arginine deiminase, bladder neck stent, fiducial marker, high-dose external beam radiation, microRNA, pelvic lymph node dissection, PNLD, radium-223, vaccine therapy | Leave a Comment »
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