At 24 months' follow-up, the only phase 3 randomized clinical trial to directly compare functional and oncologic outcomes between robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy and open radical retropubic ...

Dr. Patrick Walsh answers the question: 'Perineal Vs. Retropubic Approach?' March 16, 2009 -- Question: What are the differences between a radical perineal prostatectomy and a radical retropubic ...

Early results suggest similar quality of life outcomes at 3 months, but further follow-up is now needed from longer 2 year trial The first randomised controlled trial to directly compare robotic ...

Approximately 14 percent of men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point in their lifetimes, according to the National Institutes of Health. Radiation therapy traditionally has been a ...

A long-term study of men diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer in the late 1980s and 1990s concludes that those who were treated with surgery were much less likely to die of the disease -- or of ...

Hearing the words “you have cancer” is uniquely frightening and devastating, and those life-altering words are spoken to ...

Dr. Khurshid Guru answers the question: 'Hospital Stay After Prostatectomy?' March 16, 2009 -- Question: How long will I be in the hospital following my radical laparoscopic, perineal, or retropubic ...

Prostate cancer patients who undergo radical prostatectomy may see better outcomes at teaching hospitals than at non-academic medical institutions, according to a study led by researchers at Henry ...

Prostate cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in men globally, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO ...

Data from the SEER and MUSIC registries found a decrease in prostatectomies in those with pathologic grade group 1 prostate cancer. This shift is attributed to evidence supporting active surveillance ...