Pelvic Radiotherapy versus Radical Prostatectomy with Limited Lymph Node Sampling for High-Grade Prostate Adenocarcinoma

Table 2

Surgical and pathologic characteristics of prostatectomy patients.

Frequencies (%)	Prostatectomy ()
Surgical approach
Perineal	2 (4%)
Retropubic	14 (28%)
Robotic	25 (50%)
Pathology Gleason score
≤7	8 (16%)
≥8	42 (84%)
Pathologic T stage
≤T2	13 (26%)
≥T3	37 (74%)
Pathologic node involvement
NX	12 (24%)
N0	29 (58%)
N1	9 (18%)
Adverse pathology
Positive margin	24 (49%)
SV invasion	22 (44%)
EC extension	37 (74%)
Any of the above	44 (88%)
Means (range)
Nodes sampled
N0	5.8 (1–17)
N1	15.71 (7–23)

EC: extracapsular; NX: lymph nodes not sampled; N0: lymph nodes negative for disease; N1: lymph nodes positive for disease; RT: radiotherapy; SV: seminal vesicle.
Surgical approach data was unavailable for 9 patients.