The diagnostic performance of indocyanine green for the sentinel node biopsy in prostate cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Almost 15% of prostate cancer (PCa) patients were found to have lymph node metastases (LNMs), which are associated with higher risk of biochemical recurrence. Using indocyanine green (ICG) for the sentinel node biopsy (SNB) before surgery was proposed to detect LNMs in PCa patients. However, its diagnostic performance still remains controversial. This study aimed to investigate the diagnostic performance of ICG for the SNB in PCa.

Methods

This systematic review and meta-analysis has been reported in line with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. The protocol has been registered in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews database, and the register number is CRD42023421911. Four bibliographic database

SUBMITTER: Ma S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11840311 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature