Prostatectomy

In this video, Kara N. Babaian, MD, highlighted three presentations from the American Urological Association meeting that reported on salvage treatment following focal therapy.

In this video, Kara N. Babaian, MD, spoke with Healio about a presentation on patient-reported outcomes after radical prostatectomy for high-risk prostate cancer from the American Urological Association meeting.

In this video, Kara N. Babaian, MD, discussed a recommendation for patients eligible for salvage radical prostatectomy, which was presented the American Urological Association meeting.

Men who underwent hypofractionated radiotherapy after prostatectomy achieved comparable safety and quality-of-life outcomes as men who received a conventional regimen, according to study results.

Black men with untreated, nonmetastatic prostate cancer appeared significantly less likely than their white counterparts to undergo prostatectomy during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in JAMA Oncology.

Mani Menon, MD, has been named chief of strategy and innovation in Mount Sinai Health System’s department of urology.

The FDA granted fast track designation to Illuminare-1, a novel nerve visualization agent that locates and delineates nerves during surgery to avoid nerve injury, according to a manufacturer-issued press release.

A novel technique for robotic prostatectomy allowed men to regain continence early after prostate cancer surgery, according to a recent study. It was the top story in hematology/oncology last week.

A novel “hood technique” for robotic prostatectomy allowed men with prostate cancer to achieve early return of urinary continence without compromising positive surgical margins, according to study results published in European Urology.

Adjuvant radiotherapy after prostatectomy did not improve outcomes compared with observation and salvage radiotherapy for men with prostate cancer, according to results of three studies published in The Lancet and The Lancet Oncology.