Long-term outcomes of salvage lymph node dissection for nodal recurrence of prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy: Not as good as previously thought

A third of men treated with sLND for PET-detected nodal recurrence of PCa died at long term, with PCa being the main cause of death. Salvage LND alone was associated with durable long-term outcomes in a minority of men who significantly benefited from additional treatments after surgery.