Genitourinary Cancers Symposium
Cytoreductive radical prostatectomy for newly diagnosed metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer can be performed with minimal morbidity and is associated with a low risk for symptomatic local recurrence.
Prostate Cancer
Black men were less likely to receive androgen deprivation therapy and had lower use of secondary treatment with radiotherapy.
Prostate Cancer
In a study, a higher 4Kscore was significantly associated with a 16% greater risk of biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer following radical prostatectomy.
Prostate Cancer
In a study of radical prostatectomy patients with Gleason score 7 prostate cancer, the risk for biochemical recurrence more than doubled in the presence of tertiary pattern 5 disease.
Prostate Cancer
Men with chronic kidney disease (CKD) at the time of radical prostatectomy are 5 times more likely to experience postoperative complications than those without CKD, a study found.
EAU Congress
In a study with a follow-up period of 18 years, men treated with any other modality but radical prostatectomy had higher prostate cancer death risks.
Anesthesiology
Radical prostatectomy Yanhong Liu, M.D., Ph.D.; William R. Kimball, M.D., Ph.D.; Yandong Jiang M.D., Ph.D. What the Anesthesiologist Should Know before the Operative Procedure Different from simple prostatectomy, which is done mainly for the treatment of prostate enlargement (benign prostatic hyperplasia), radical prostatectomy is the treatment of choice for localized prostate cancer. As the fourth…
Prostate Cancer
Mean 2.9 years gained after 23 years of follow-up among men with localized prostate cancer
Prostate Cancer
Study of Korean radical prostatectomy patients showed that those who were obese had significant increased odds of biochemical recurrence and cancer-specific mortality
