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Is the number of lymph nodes removed during PLND related to the prevalence of lymph node invasion?

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boxed-textBriganti A et al. (2007) Critical assessment of ideal nodal yield at pelvic lymphadenectomy to accurately diagnose prostate cancer nodal metastasis in patients undergoing radical retropubic prostatectomy. Urology 69: 147–151

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  1. Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center, Sidney Kimmel Center for Prostate and Urologic Cancers, 353 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA touijera@mskcc.org

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  1. K Touijer is an Assistant Attending Surgeon at Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center, Sidney Kimmel Center for Prostate and Urologic Cancers, New York, NY, USA.

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