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Videos That Depict Open Surgery For Prostate Cancer
- Prostate Cancer - Tests to Determine Severity of Cancer
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Treatment choices are generally based on the patient's age, the stage and grade of the cancer, overall health status, and the patient's personal preferences for the risks and benefits of each therapy.
Patients should be aware that doctors may be biased to prefer a specific treatment depending on their specialty, with urologists and medical oncologists tending to recommend watchful waiting, surgery, or hormone therapy and radiation oncologists recommending radiation therapy. It is always...
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Urinary Incontinence after Robotic Prostatectomy
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Robotic Surgery for Prostate Cancer
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Robot Assisted Surgery for Prostate Cancer
In response to a question from one of the readers, I will further elaborate on the robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy and how it... Read more »
Complications of Prostate Cancer
After a patient has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, and treatment options are discussed, some of the most common concerns of the... Read more »
Prostate Surgery for the Overweight: How Big is Too Big?
Dear Dr. Motola: I have been diagnosed with prostate cancer and am 51 years old. I weigh 385 lbs at 6'1". My urologist told me that at... Read more »
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Obese Men Pay More For Prostate Surgery
Men who are obese may pay more for prostate cancer surgery, a new study suggests. A study of 629 men found that the higher costs came from anesthesia... Read more »
Prostate Cancer Surgery
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Hormone Therapy and ChemotherapyAndrogen Deprivation Therapy (Hormone Therapy)Male hormones (called androgens), particularly testosterone and... Read more »
Clinical trial: Surgery plus meds in localized prostate cancer...
This is a study to determine if the chemotherapy medications docetaxel, leuprolide, and goserelin are effective when given before surgery in patients... Read more »
Race, Weight Affect Prostate Surgery Outcomes
Among diabetics, men who are white and overweight may have more trouble after prostate cancer surgery. Researchers at Duke University studied 1,262... Read more »
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