Limited Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection Does Not Improve Biochemical Relapse-Free Survival at 10 Years After Radical Prostatectomy in Patients with Low-Risk Prostate Cancer

To compare the long-term differences in actuarial biochemical relapse-free survival rates from a contemporary series of patients who underwent radical prostatectomy with and without pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND).The records of 806 consecutive radical prostatectomy cases performed from January 1995 to June 1999 were reviewed. The entire subset of patients (n = 336) with low-risk disease, defined by a prostate-specific antigen level of 10...