CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – September is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. According to the American Cancer Society, one in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime.
The first direct comparison between robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy and open surgery (radical retropubic prostatectomy) has ended in a tie. Early results from an international, randomized, ...
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: ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Robot surgery for prostate cancer lowered the rate of urinary complications compared with hands-on surgery in a new Italian study. While the study was small and contradicts ...
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 ...
This content is sponsored by MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men (after skin cancer), but it can often be treated successfully. It affects the ...