Comparison of permanent (125)I seeds implants with two different techniques in 500 cases of prostate cancer.

Purpose: To perform a comparative study of 500 consecutive (125)I seeds implants for intracapsular prostate carcinoma with two techniques differing in terms of both strand implantation and planning.

Material And Methods: From 2002 to 2007 we performed 250 implants with fixed stranded seeds (RapidStrand™) and a preplanning system and from 2007 to 2010, 250 with real-time and ProLink™ system. Mean age was 68 and 66, respectively, median PSA (prostate-specific antigen) 7.

[Dynamic sentinel node biopsy in penile cancer. Indications, technique and results in a Spanish oncological center].

Objective: Penile cancer has a predominantly lymphatic dissemination. Lymph nodes metastatic involvement conditions disease prognosis and inguinal lymph node dissection has both prognostic and therapeutic value. High and intermediate risk patients with non-palpable lymph nodes will benefit of a precise diagnosis by means of selective sentinel node biopsy with minimal surgical aggressiveness.