Background: There is no clear cut way of predicting which patients would develop PSA failure after radical prostatectomy for localised prostate cancer. Aims: To investigate the hypothesis that pursuant to radical prostatectomy for localised prostate cancer, surgical margin involvement and non-involvement influence the PSA failure and non failure rate. Patients Materials and Methods: The Clinica...

PURPOSE We analyzed changes to the trends of prostate cancer management and patient characteristics at a single institute during 5 years due to the significant increase of the prostate cancer incidence and the robotic equipment in Korea. MATERIALS AND METHODS Prostate cancer patient data from a single institute recorded from 2006 to 2010 were analyzed. Cancer stage, initial treatment modaliti...

Radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) is an operation historically associated with the potential for significant blood loss. Patients who refuse a blood transfusion, such as Jehovah's witnesses, may be only offered radiation therapy as potentially curative treatment for prostate cancer because of the potential for a transfusion. Intraoperative cell salvage (IOCS) is an effective blood manageme...

OBJECTIVES Prostate biopsy involvement and Gleason score guide treatment decisions in prostate cancer. We evaluated concordance in Gleason score and laterality between biopsy and radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) specimens and factors that influenced this relationship. MATERIALS AND METHODS We reviewed 538 prostate cancer diagnoses at a Veterans Affairs medical center (2000-2005) to iden...

PURPOSE To evaluate the oncologic outcomes of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) in high-risk prostate cancer (PCa), we compared the surgical margin status and biochemical recurrence-free survival (BCRFS) rates between retropubic radical prostatectomy (RRP) and RARP. MATERIALS AND METHODS A comparative analysis was conducted of high-risk PCa patients who underwent RRP or RARP by a si...

OBJECTIVES Salvage radiotherapy is the only curative treatment for patients with prostate cancer showing biochemical progression after radical prostatectomy. In this study, we evaluated the clinicopathological parameters that influence the outcome of salvage radiotherapy. METHODS Medical records of 49 patients who underwent salvage radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy from 1997 to 2008 at...

Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men in the US [Parker et al., 1997]. In the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) era, minimally invasive and nerve-sparing radical surgery for prostate cancer, e.g., conventional and robot-associated laparoscopic prostatectomy, is widely performed throughout the country. Robotic prostatecto...

In men undergoing radical treatment for prostate cancer, erectile function is one of the most important health-related quality-of-life outcomes influencing patient choice in treatment. Penile rehabilitation has emerged as a therapeutic measure to prevent erectile dysfunction and expedite return of erectile function after radical prostatectomy. Penile rehabilitation involves a program designed t...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether the linear length of a positive margin (LLPM) in radical prostatectomy specimens is associated with the risk of biochemical recurrence (BCR). METHODS A total of 294 patients with a positive margin in the radical prostatectomy specimen were assessed for the association between the LLPM and BCR (defined as a serum prostate-specific antigen level of ≥0.2 ng/mL) us...

BACKGROUND Radical prostatectomy reduces mortality among men with localized prostate cancer; however, important questions regarding long-term benefit remain. METHODS Between 1989 and 1999, we randomly assigned 695 men with early prostate cancer to watchful waiting or radical prostatectomy and followed them through the end of 2012. The primary end points in the Scandinavian Prostate Cancer Gro...