PDE5i Use After Robotic Prostate Cancer Surgery Ups Survival
The finding emerged from a propensity-score matched analysis of 1058 men who underwent robot-assisted radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer.
The finding emerged from a propensity-score matched analysis of 1058 men who underwent robot-assisted radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer.
Radiation therapy for prostate cancer is significantly associated with more than twice the risk for bladder cancer compared with radical prostatectomy, a study found.
Higher risk also seen among patients experiencing increased urinary symptoms
Pelvic lymph node metastases visualized on PSMA PET/CT prior to prostate cancer surgery independently predicts an increased risk for biochemical disease progression, a study found.
But difference in positive margin rates between usual planning and 3D virtual reality model planning groups not statistically significant
A novel scoring system could identify men at increased risk of death after prostatectomy who would benefit from adjuvant radiation therapy.
A recent study is the first to examine the association between pelvic inflammation and prostate cancer biology and outcomes.
Intraoperative pathologic assessment of tissue adjacent to the neurovascular bundles after removal of the prostate increases the likelihood of nerve-sparing surgery.
Although most men with low-risk prostate cancer are now managed initially with active surveillance, use of this approach remains suboptimal, according to investigators.
In patients with high-risk prostate cancer, negative PSMA PET/CT does not permit PLND avoidance, investigators cautioned.