The Association Between Total and Positive Lymph Node Counts, and Disease Progression in Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer

We examined the association between the number of LNs removed, the number of positive LNs and disease progression in patients undergoing pelvic lymph node dissection and radical retropubic prostatectomy for clinically localized prostate cancer.We analyzed 5,038 consecutive patients who underwent radical retropubic prostatectomy between 1983 and 2003. Clinicopathological parameters, including the administration of neoadjuvant hormonal therapy,...