Extended lymphadenectomy for high-risk prostate cancer in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia may not be necessary: a report of two cases

Extended lymphadenectomy for high-risk prostate cancer in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia may not be necessary: a report of two cases

Abstract Background Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is a malignancy with good prognosis. However, the incidence of secondary tumors increases every year after the diagnosis of chronic lymphotcytic leukemia. One of the induced secondary tumors is prostate cancer. For high-risk prostate cancer in particu...

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Main Authors: Yinjie Zhu, Yanqing Wang, Zhiyu Qian, Jiahua Pan, Qiang Liu, Baijun Dong, Wei Xue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Prostate neoplasms
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Lymphadenectomy
Positron emission tomography/computed tomography
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-019-5876-x

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