The salvage treatment of men found to have positive lymph nodes after prior (surgical) treatment and the identification of such positive lymph nodes using techniques such as [11C]choline PET/CT scans is still not well established, but it does offer opportunity for some men. … READ MORE …
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It’s now a relatively rare occurrence (about 12 percent of new patients) to be newly diagnosed with pelvic lymph node positive (N1) prostate cancer. Traditionally, this had been treated with ADT only because radiation therapy (RT) was thought to be of no benefit in extending survival. … READ MORE …
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For many years surgery was considered to be inappropriate for most men with locally advanced prostate cancer — most particularly those with positive lymph nodes (TxN1Mx) at the time of surgery. … READ MORE …
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