Table 2.
Number and location of PET positive lymph nodes (n = 126) for each of the 25 patients, bold print indicates locations that would not have been covered by a standard CTV radiation field (n = 45) after the RTOG consensus statement
| Location/ Patient | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | ∑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common iliac nodes | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| External iliac nodes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 30 | ||||||||
| Internal iliac nodes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 34 | |||||||
| Obturatoric | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Obturatoric | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Para-aortic nodes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
| Para-rectal | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Para-vesical | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pre-acetabular | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pre-sacral | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pre-sacral (caudal) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total # of lymph-nodes | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 126 |