Tag: cancer

  • Prostate cancer surgery: Small prostates

    UroToday – EAU 2007 – Session on Open and Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy Tumors Interestingly, in prostate volumes less than 30gm, lap RP was associated with a PSM in 44%, while no such association existed for open RP. I have never thought of this before, but a quick look at my robotic data shows that 4…

  • Prostate Cancer: Prostate cancer can metastasize after surgery with even low PSAs rarely

    UroToday – Prostate Cancer Progression in the Presence of Undetectable or Low Serum Prostate-Specific Antigen Level Overall, 10 (22%) had undetectable serum PSA levels and 30 patients (65%) had PSA of less than 1ng/ml at the time of disease progression. Of the 25 men who had undergone radical prostatectomy, 7 were hormone na�ve at the…

  • Prostate Cancer Surgery: Open vs. Laparoscopic Prostatecomy Results

    UroToday – EAU 2007 ABST[750] – Radical Prostatectomy: A non-randomized Comparative Analysis of Outcomes between the Open and Laparoscopic Approach Conclusions: In our institution and during the study period, laparoscopic and retropubic radical prostatectomy provided comparable oncological efficacy, functional and morbidity outcomes. The laparoscopic approach was associated with lesser blood loss and transfusion rate and…

  • Dr. Menon at EAU meeting

    UroToday – EAU 2007 – AUA Lecture at the EAU 2007 – “The Role of Robotics in Urology” The market is primarily coming from patient “advertising” to other patients by word of mouth and use of the internet. The perceived benefit is likely based upon decreased blood loss and quicker recovery. He hypothesized that this…

  • Robotic Prostatectomy Results from Vattikuti Institute

    UroToday – European Urology – Vattikuti Institute Prostatectomy: Contemporary Technique and Analysis of Results Results Complete follow-up information was obtained in 1142 patients with a minimum follow-up of 12 mo (range: 12–66 mo; median: 36 mo). The actuarial 5-yr biochemical recurrence rate was 8.4% and the actual biochemical recurrence rate was 2.3%. Median duration of…

  • Prostate cancer surgery: hospital stays for open vs robotic surgery

    Length of Hospital Stay Similar for Robotic Assisted and Conventional Prostatectomy The current study prospectively compared length of hospital stay in 374 patients who underwent conventional RP and 629 who underwent LRP between 2002 and 2005. These authors reported that 94.3% of patients undergoing RP and 97.5% undergoing LRP were discharged on or before postoperative…

  • HIFU and cryosurgery for prostate cancer

    UroToday – EAU 2007 – Minimally Invasive and Other Treatment Strategies in Localized Prostate Cancer The authors conclude that this treatment modality is appropriate for patients with localized CaP who are not candidates for surgery. The oncological outcomes appear inferior to rates reported for radiotherapy and surgery. 2 abstracts were summarized from the EAU’s meeting:…

  • Prostate Cancer: Surgery for locally advanced prostate cancer

    Prostatectomy Effective for SV-Negative Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer At a mean follow-up of 37.2 months (median, 21.2 months), the pT3 (pT3a plus pT3b) patients’ overall and disease-specific 10-year survival rates were 77% and 92%, respectively, and at 15 years, 52% and 75%. These results are similar to those of previous studies for overall survival of…

  • Prostate Cancer: Is PSA Screening effective

    There were 2 articles summarized from the EAU 2007 conference on Urotoday. They seemed to be conflicting, with one saying that delaying therapy did not seem to hurt many people and the other concluding that screening helped. UroToday – EAU 2007 – Session on Prostate Cancer Screening: Dr. Pelzer, Innsbruck presented data that the pathologic…