Rate and Extent of Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection in the US Prostate Cancer Patients Treated With Radical Prostatectomy

The utilization patterns of PLND in the United States have improved, with an increased focus on patients with intermediate- and high-risk disease. Likewise, the extent of PLND has improved to include more lymph nodes. This seems to translate into more accurate tumor, node, metastasis classification system staging, as more patients are being appropriately diagnosed with pN1 disease.