Pelvic lymph node distribution and metastases of prostate and bladder cancer: a systematic literature review and template proposal.

Autor: Grivas N; Department of Urology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, Netherlands. nikolaosgrivas@hotmail.com., van den Bergh RCN; Department of Urology, Antonius Hospital, Utrecht, Netherlands., Brouwer OR; Department of Urology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, Netherlands., KleinJan GH; Department of Urology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands., Ramirez-Backhaus M; Department of Urology, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain., Wilthagen EA; Scientific Information Service, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands., van der Poel HG; Department of Urology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: World journal of urology [World J Urol] 2021 Mar; Vol. 39 (3), pp. 751-759. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jun 03.
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-020-03281-1
Abstrakt: Purpose: To systematically review the relevant literature that evaluates the LN topographical distribution and propose a uniform template.
Methods: A bibliographic search of PubMed/Medline, Embase and SCOPUS was performed for studies reporting data of LN imaging and/or nodal resection.
Results: 101 and 26 articles met the inclusion criteria for PCa and BCa, respectively. In PCa, the most common locations of positive LNs for surgical and imaging studies were external iliac (both 38 studies), followed by obturator (38 and 37, respectively). Similarly, in BCa, the most common location of positive nodes for surgical and imaging studies were external iliac (19 and 4, respectively), followed by obturator (15 and 3 studies, respectively). In PCa, median percentages of positive external iliac nodes/patient were 12.2% and 11.6% for surgical and imaging studies, respectively while corresponding rates for BCa were 3.9% and 17.6%. There were high risks of bias across studies as well as high heterogeneity in the definition of the anatomic boundaries of lymphadenectomy templates.
Conclusions: This review highlights the lack of detailed information on exact LN templates and metastases location, which in turn hinders generation of high-quality evidence on optimal lymphadenectomy templates. Our proposed template is applicable for both imaging and surgical description and could facilitate the translation of anatomical location from imaging to surgical resection.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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