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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

From: Impact of 68Ga-PSMA-PET imaging on target volume definition and guidelines in radiation oncology - a patterns of failure analysis in patients with primary diagnosis of prostate cancer

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