Posted on January 10, 2011 by Sitemaster
A new paper in the Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology has provided detailed information about the design and conduct of an ongoing, prospective, non-randomized trial comparing open radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) to robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) in treatment of localized prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Management, Treatment | Tagged: comparative, effectiveness, localized, open, RALP, robot-assisted, RRP, surgery | Leave a comment »
Posted on February 23, 2010 by Sitemaster
A new analysis of the outcomes of different types of radical prostatectomy appears to show no difference between the patients’ clinical outcomes following laparoscopic (including non-robot-assisted and robot-assisted) categories of surgery (LRP/RALP) and traditional “open” radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) when used to treat Medicare patients of 66 years or older. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Management, Treatment | Tagged: laparoscopic, LRP, outcome, radical, RALP, retropublic, robot-assisted, RRP, surgery | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 14, 2009 by Sitemaster
An article by Hu et al. in the Journal of the American Medical Association this week is getting a lot of media visibility. (See for example the report from the Associated Press.) The “New” Prostate Cancer InfoLink thinks the article says more about the skills of individual surgeons than it does about the techniques and equipment that they use. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: open, outcomes, RALP, robot, RRP, surgery | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 10, 2009 by Sitemaster
Today’s news reports deal with:
- A comparative, single institution study of RALP vs RRP
- Bone mineral density and osteoporosis in men treated with intermittent hormone therapy
- Transdermal testosterone therapy in men with castration-resistant prostate cancer
In a separate report we have discussed the development of a pre-biopsy risk assessment nomogram that incorporates results from PCA3 testing. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Management, Treatment | Tagged: BMD, bone mineral density, intermittent hormone therapy, osterporosis, RALP, retropubic radical prostatectomy, robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy, RRP, testosterone therapy | Leave a comment »
Posted on March 2, 2009 by Sitemaster
New reports today address:
- Positive surgical margins: RALP vs. RRP
- Circulating tumor cells levels and survival of castration-resistant prostate cancer patients
- Patient preference and management of post-surgical incontinence … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: circulating tumor cell, CTC, incontinence, positive surgical margin, preference, prostatectomy, RALP, RRP | 4 Comments »