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Table 3 Postoperative therapy in nodal positive men

From: Outcomes of robot-assisted laparoscopic extended pelvic lymph node dissection for prostate Cancer

A)

Postoperative therapy

Nadir reached (n = 47)

Postoperative therapy

PSA persistence (n = 50)

Salvage EBRT

12 (25.5%)

Adjuvant EBRT

10 (20%)

Deferred ADT

5 (10.6%)

Immediate ADT

18 (36%)

Combination

10 (21.3%)

Combination

14 (28%)

None

20 (42.6%)

Therapy declined

8 (16%)

B)

Time to therapy

Nadir reached

PSA persistence

All pN+

p-value

Median time (months) to EBRT (range)

13 (3-82)

7 (2-110)

9 (2-110)

0.261

Median time (months) to ADT (range)

21 (0-106)

4 (1-89)

5 (0-106)

0.062

  1. A: Postoperative therapy in pN+ patients stratified for men reaching a postoperative PSA Nadir of < 0.1 ng/ml and PSA persistence
  2. B: The average time in months between surgery and external beam radiotherapy (EBRT), androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) or a combination