Of the 55 patients, 35 occurred local lymph node metastasis (64%).
Of those cancers that seem to be limited to the prostate clinically, 25-35% will have lymph node metastases.
In one recent study an unexpectedly high incidence of celiac lymph node metastasis (11%) was noted.
The tumor is highly aggressive and has a propensity for lymph node metastases.
It is usually done because many types of cancer have a marked tendency to produce lymph node metastasis early in their natural history.
More than 50% of such patients have cervical lymph node metastases.
Treatment of inguinal lymph node metastasis may include the following:
The presence of lymph node metastases does not worsen the prognosis among patients younger than 45 years.
The incidence of lymph node metastases is generally low (approximately 20% of all cases).
No significant relationship was detected between BP1 status and age, tumor size, or lymph node metastasis.
