Not all surgeries for prostate cancer are the same. Depending on the location and size of your prostate tumor, a surgeon may recommend different ways to remove it. In some cases, they also remove ...

Men with prostate cancer have a variety of treatment choices available, including expectant management with deferred treatment, brachytherapy, external-beam radiation therapy, or both of the latter ...

Bilateral nerve-sparing prostatectomy resulted in better sexual and urinary function outcomes than unilateral or nonnerve sparing surgery, but the difference reached significance only in men who ...

A TURBT allows examination beyond the bladder. Study findings support attempting nerve-sparing surgery in patients with confirmed high-risk prostate cancer. Nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy (NSRP) ...

Prostate-sparing cystectomy (PSC) for bladder cancer, a procedure aimed at preserving sexual function by leaving the prostate, seminal vesicles, and vasa deferentia intact, has long-term oncologic ...

WESTON, Fla. — A new surgical approach may help some men needing surgery for prostate cancer. Dr. Alberto Peiretti, a urologist with Cleveland Clinic Weston said studies have found that a procedure ...

Cystoprostatectomy is a type of surgery to treat bladder cancer in men. It involves removing both the bladder (called a cystectomy) and the prostate gland (prostatectomy) in men who have cancer that ...

Changes in urinary, bowel, and sexual function associated with different treatment options for prostate cancer decline over time, but some of these adverse effects persist and are still bothersome 5 ...