Radical prostatectomy reduces mortality among men with clinically detected localized prostate cancer, but evidence from randomized trials with long-term follow-up is sparse. We randomly assigned 695 ...

Urinary incontinence (UI) after radical prostatectomy is a common and distressing complication for men with prostate cancer.

Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy reduced short-term complication risk by nearly half versus open surgery. Learn more from ...

Pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) and the use of duloxetine (Cymbalta) may not be the best options for recovering urinary continence after robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy, according to the ...

Men with prostate cancer have a variety of treatment choices available, including expectant management with deferred treatment, brachytherapy, external-beam radiation therapy, or both of the latter ...

The use of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) as salvage therapy after radical prostatectomy was well tolerated, with no significant differences in urinary and bowel patient-reported outcomes ...

LAS VEGAS -- Focused ultrasound ablation for prostate cancer proved at least equivalent to radical prostatectomy for failure-free survival, according to a randomized trial reported here. After 3 years ...

Obesity in itself is not a contraindication to radical prostatectomy, but it remains a risk factor for poor overall survival. Although obesity increases the technical complexity of radical ...

The use of antiplatelet and/or anticoagulant medications has increased due to irregular diets, limited physical activity, and ...

Low-intensity extracorporeal shock wave therapy (LI-SWT) did not improve erectile dysfunction compared to a sham procedure in radical prostatectomy patients. Fewer than 20% of men in the LI-SWT group ...