Pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) has an important role in staging and therapy of prostate cancer, especially for high-risk disease. A novel tool has been proposed to correctly predict the probability of node-negative status after radical prostatectomy with PLND that could help postoperative decision making.
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Tosco, L., Joniau, S. Prediction of node-negative status after radical prostatectomy. Nat Rev Urol 10, 627–628 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrurol.2013.240
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