The role of side-specific biopsy and dominant tumor location at radical prostatectomy in predicting the side of nodal metastases in organ confined prostate cancer: is lymphatic spread really unpredictable?

The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between the location of prostate cancer (PCa) either at biopsy or at radical prostatectomy (RP) specimens and the side of positive lymph nodes (LNs). Furthermore, we assessed the risk of contralateral LN metastasis (LNMs) in patients with unilateral positive biopsy and/or dominant lesion at RP.We reviewed retrospectively our prospectively maintained database of patients with LNM treated with...