Treatment of Localized Prostate Cancer : Specially Radical Prostatectomy

Morbidity of contemporary radical retropubic prostatectomy for localized prostate cancer.

Complication rates in 1,000 consecutive patients who underwent radical retropubic prostatectomy for clinically localized prostate cancer between November 1989 and January 1992 were assessed and compared to complication rates in a historical group of patients operated on by primarily the same surgeons prior to 1987. In the contemporary series, there were no operative deaths, only 22% of patients...

Radical prostatectomy in the management of clinically localized prostate cancer.

BACKGROUND Several management options are available when prostate cancer is diagnosed at an early stage. However, the optimal treatment for localized prostate cancer is unknown, and reports in the literature are controversial regarding the best treatment modality for this early presentation. METHODS The authors review improvements in surgical technique that have decreased complications, and t...

Radical prostatectomy as treatment for prostate cancer.

Radical prostatectomy versus observation for localized prostate cancer

Timothy J. Wilt, M.D., M.P.H., Michael K. Brawer, M.D., Karen M. Jones, M.S., Michael J. Barry, M.D., William J. Aronson, M.D., Steven Fox, M.D., M.P.H., Jeffrey R. Gingrich, M.D., John T. Wei, M.D., Patricia Gilhooly, M.D., B. Mayer Grob, M.D., Imad Nsouli, M.D., Padmini Iyer, M.D., Ruben Cartagena, M.D., Glenn Snider, M.D., Claus Roehrborn, M.D., Ph.D., Roohollah Sharifi, M.D., William Blank,...

Comparing radical prostatectomy and brachytherapy for localized prostate cancer.

Radical prostatectomy and ultrasound-guided transperineal brachytherapy are both commonly used for the treatment of localized prostate cancer. No randomized trials are available to compare these modalities. Therefore, the physician must rely on institutional reports of results to determine which therapy is most effective. While some investigators have concluded that both therapies are effective...