A prostatectomy is surgery to partially or completely remove the prostate gland to treat conditions such as prostate cancer or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). A radical prostatectomy is the ...

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 ...

New data now show that perioperative systemic therapy with apalutamide can improve outcomes after radical prostatectomy.

Everyone has experienced the urge. You’re in your car on a road trip when you suddenly feel a strong pressure in your bladder. The need to urinate becomes an inevitable interruption requiring a rush ...

A new study reveals that some men who are diagnosed with "Grade Group one" (GG1) prostate cancer may actually be at higher risk than biopsy results suggest, according to research led by Weill Cornell ...

Surgeons commonly perform a prostatectomy to treat prostate cancer. It involves removing all or part of the prostate. However, prostate removal may cause bowel problems in some people. A prostatectomy ...

A Chinese surgeon remotely operated a robotic system to remove a prostate tumor from a patient 220 kilometers away. Utilizing ...

A study led by UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center investigators found that stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), a form of high-dose radiation delivered in just five sessions, after ...

Compared with patients receiving hormone therapy alone, patients were nine times more likely to have little to no cancer remaining in the prostate after surgery, with a 20 percent reduction in the ris ...

A 77-year-old man suffering from a severely enlarged prostate was treated using an advanced minimally invasive laser ...