The decision to undergo radical prostatectomy, or any treatment for prostate cancer, is of course not an easy one. Patients are usually offered a tremendous amount of information from their doctors, ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy has been used since 2000; however, no head-to-head trial has yet ...

Robotic surgery or robot-assisted radical prostatectomy is being increasingly used for surgery of prostate cancer and is slowly replacing open surgical procedures. Comparison was made about surgical ...

February 23, 2010 — A new study adds to the evidence that laparoscopic prostatectomy (LRP), including that which is robot assisted, and open radical prostatectomy (ORP) are more alike than dissimilar ...

Traditionally, open prostatectomy and transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) have been the mainstay of surgical therapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) patients with larger and smaller ...

(HealthDay News) — Robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy is associated with reductions in positive surgical margins, postoperative radiation therapy, and 30-day mortality, according to a study ...

Background: The development of laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) has been one of the surgical advances in the treatment of localized prostate cancer. The procedure aims to combine the ...

An estimated 240,000 American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year. Not all men will need or select to have a prostatectomy (surgery to remove the prostate gland), but for those that ...

Randomized, Controlled, Double-Blind, Cross-Over Trial Assessing Treatment Preference for Pazopanib Versus Sunitinib in Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: PISCES Study Given the lack of ...

In my last blog post, I discussed why I believe surgical removal of the prostate is the best option for most men with prostate cancer. For those patients who agree, the next question is which way ...