The most common surgery for prostate cancer is a radical prostatectomy. This surgery involves taking out the entire prostate gland, some lymph nodes and other nearby tissue, like the seminal vesicles ...

Dr. Kuettel answers the question: 'Prostate Surgery After Seed Implants?' March 16, 2009 -- Question: Can I have prostate surgery after seed implant therapy if the cancer is not fully treated? Answer: ...

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: ...

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 ...

The second annual report from the National Cancer Database (NCDB) of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) documents a ...

Bengaluru: In a significant global milestone in integrated surgical care, doctors at Fortis Hospital Bannerghatta Road, ...

Decades ago, doctors created a test to determine which breast cancer patients should receive hormone therapy. Now, ...

Using a high-pressure water jet to operate on an enlarged prostate can better preserve the ability to ejaculate, compared with standard laser surgery, finds research. The technique has similar ...

In a randomized trial of men with a single suspicious lesion on MRI, targeted perilesional biopsy matched standard targeted and systematic biopsy for detecting clinically significant prostate cancer - ...

Doctors began testing PSA levels in the 1980s to monitor diagnosed cancers. By the early 1990s, researchers promoted it for ...