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What's known on the subject? and What does the study add?Radical prostatectomy provides local‐regional control of prostate cancer and is the most common treatment for prostate cancer in the United States. Over the past decade there has been a shift in the surgical approach used to treat this disease, moving from open retropubic approach to robot‐assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy. While robotic prostatectomy...
BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to evaluate changes in clinical and pathologic characteristics of prostate cancer in patients who underwent surgery at a large tertiary care center in the context of increased use of active surveillance (AS) and minimally invasive surgery (MIS).
METHODS:The authors retrospectively reviewed 6624 patients with localized prostate cancer who underwent radical...
BACKGROUND:Pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) is an important component of prostate cancer staging and treatment, especially for surgical patients who have high‐risk tumor features. It is not clear how the shift from open radical prostatectomy (ORP) to minimally invasive radical prostatectomy (MIRP) has affected the use of PLND. The objectives of this study were to identify predictors of PLND and...
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