John Smith's new guide helps patients and caregivers manage recovery challenges, set realistic expectations, and ...
The most common surgery for prostate cancer is a radical prostatectomy. This surgery involves taking out the entire prostate gland, some lymph nodes and other nearby tissue, like the seminal vesicles ...
When James Choate-Deeds was diagnosed with prostate cancer, he joined a clinical trial for robotic-assisted surgery ...
Doctors say active monitoring, hormone therapy and newer focal treatments are reshaping care decisions for men.
Dr. Robert Uzzo answers the question: 'Who Gets Robotic/Laparoscopic Surgery?' Jan. 01, 2009 -- Question: Who is an appropriate candidate for a laparoscopic or robot-assisted prostatectomy? Answer: ...
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 ...
Studies on whether pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) provides a survival benefit in men with prostate cancer having surgery ...
A nerve-sparing technique (NeuroSAFE) reduced erectile dysfunction in men undergoing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) for prostate cancer. A year after surgery, patients randomized to ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adding to evidence that men with early prostate cancer can safely put off surgery, a new study finds that patients who delayed surgery by over a year had similar outcomes ...
For the first time ever, NTNU researchers have identified new characteristics of aggressive prostate cancer. The research lays a foundation for the possibility that aggressive prostate cancer can ...