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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Men with localized prostate cancer who delayed having robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy for 6 months or more from biopsy had significant 81% increased odds of biochemical recurrence.

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 ...

SAN ANTONIO -- More than 2 years after treatment, no patient with high-risk prostate cancer had a confirmed biochemical recurrence after receiving postoperative apalutamide (Erleada) and androgen ...

Dr. Khurshid Guru answers the question: 'Catheter After Prostate Surgery?' March 16, 2009 -- Question: Why will I need a catheter after prostate surgery, and how long will I need it? Answer: You ...

Stereotactic body radiotherapy as salvage therapy after radical prostatectomy was well tolerated. Toxic effects were comparable to a historical cohort of patients receiving conventionally fractionated ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had surgery last month for one of the most common cancers among American men, prostate cancer. The minimally invasive procedure to remove all or part of his prostate ...