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Oncologic outcomes in men with metastasis to the prostatic anterior fat pad lymph nodes: a multi-institution international study

Authors
 Young Suk Kwon  ;  Yun-Sok Ha  ;  Parth K. Modi  ;  Amirali Salmasi  ;  Jaspreet S. Parihar  ;  Neal Patel  ;  Izak Faiena  ;  Michael May  ;  David I. Lee  ;  Elton Llukani  ;  Tuliao Patrick  ;  Koon Ho Rha  ;  Thomas Ahlering  ;  Douglas Skarecky  ;  Hanjong Ahn  ;  Seung-Kwon Choi  ;  Sejun Park  ;  Seong Soo Jeon  ;  Yen-Chuan Ou  ;  Daniel Eun  ;  VarshaManucha  ;  David Albala  ;  Ketan Badani  ;  Bertram Yuh  ;  Nora Ruel  ;  Tae-Hwan Kim  ;  Tae Gyun Kwon  ;  DanielMarchalik  ;  Jonathan Hwang  ;  Wun-Jae Kim  ;  Isaac Yi Kim 
Citation
 BMC UROLOGY, Vol.15 : 79, 2015 
Journal Title
BMC UROLOGY
Issue Date
2015
MeSH
Adipose Tissue/pathology* ; Disease-Free Survival ; Humans ; Incidence ; Internationality ; Lymph Nodes/pathology* ; Lymphatic Metastasis ; Male ; Pelvis/pathology* ; Prognosis ; Prostate/pathology* ; Prostatic Neoplasms/mortality* ; Prostatic Neoplasms/pathology* ; Prostatic Neoplasms/surgery ; Republic of Korea/epidemiology ; Risk Factors ; Survival Analysis ; Taiwan/epidemiology ; Treatment Outcome ; United States/epidemiology
Keywords
Lymph node metastases ; Prostate anterior fat pad ; Prostate cancer
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The presence of lymph nodes (LN) within the prostatic anterior fat pad (PAFP) has been reported in several recent reports. These PAFP LNs rarely harbor metastatic disease, and the characteristics of patients with PAFP LN metastasis are not well-described in the literature. Our previous study suggested that metastatic disease to the PAFP LN was associated with less severe oncologic outcomes than those that involve the pelvic lymph node (PLN). Therefore, the objective of this study is to assess the oncologic outcome of prostate cancer (PCa) patients with PAFP LN metastasis in a larger patient population.

METHODS: Data were analyzed on 8800 patients from eleven international centers in three countries. Eighty-eight patients were found to have metastatic disease to the PAFP LNs (PAFP+) and 206 men had isolated metastasis to the pelvic LNs (PLN+). Clinicopathologic features were compared using ANOVA and Chi square tests. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to calculate the time to biochemical recurrence (BCR).

RESULTS: Of the eighty-eight patients with PAFP LN metastasis, sixty-three (71.6%) were up-staged based on the pathologic analysis of PAFP and eight (9.1%) had a low-risk disease. Patients with LNs present in the PAFP had a higher incidence of biopsy Gleason score (GS) 8-10, pathologic N1 disease, and positive surgical margin in prostatectomy specimens than those with no LNs detected in the PAFP. Men who were PAFP+ with or without PLN involvement had more aggressive pathologic features than those with PLN disease only. However, there was no significant difference in BCR-free survival regardless of adjuvant therapy. In 300 patients who underwent PAFP LN mapping, 65 LNs were detected. It was also found that 44 out of 65 (67.7%) nodes were located in the middle portion of the PAFP.

CONCLUSIONS: There was no significant difference in the rate of BCR between the PAFP LN+ and PLN+ groups. The PAFP likely represents a landing zone that is different from the PLNs for PCa metastasis. Therefore, the removal and pathologic analysis of PAFP should be adopted as a standard procedure in all patients undergoing radical prostatectomy.
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DOI
10.1186/s12894-015-0070-1
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Urology (비뇨의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Rha, Koon Ho(나군호) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8588-7584
Tuliao, Patrick(툴리아오패트릭)
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/141221
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