Body Mass Index and prostatic specific antigen are independent predictors of multiple prostate cancer lymph node metastases in Caucasian patients undergoing robot assisted radical prostatectomy and extended pelvic lymph node dissection.

CONCLUSIONS: The risk of multiple LNI was independently predicted by PSA and BMI with fair discrimination power. PMID: 31241272 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica - Category: Urology & Nephrology Tags: Minerva Urol Nefrol Source Type: research