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. 2018 Sep 8;9(18):3361–3365. doi: 10.7150/jca.25554

Table 4.

Surgical and pathologic data comparing patients with lymph nodes metastasis present or absent in prostatic anterior fat pad (PAFP).

Variable Lymph nodes metastasis absent in PAFP (n=65) Lymph nodes metastasis present in PAFP (n=11) p value
Pathological T stage, n (%)
pT2 31 (47.7%) 0 (0%) <0.001
pT3 33 (50.8%) 7 (63.6%)
pT4 1 (1.5%) 4 (36.4%)
Seminal vesicle invasion,
n (%)#
Negative 46 (71.9%) 2 (28.6%) 0.020
Positive 18 (28.1%) 5 (71.4%)
pN stage, n (%)
pN- 62 (95.4%) 0 (0%) <0.001
pN+ 3 (4.6%) 11 (100%)
Surgical Gleason Score, n (%)
≤6 17 (26.2%) 0 (0%) 0.005
7 32 (49.2%) 3 (27.3%)
8-10 16 (24.6%) 8 (72.7%)

# Seminal vesicle invasion: pT2 and pT3 cases.