CONTEXT: Radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) has long been the most common
surgical technique used to treat clinically localized prostate cancer (PCa). More recently …

CONTEXT: The optimal management strategy for men with newly diagnosed clinically
localized prostate cancer remains a matter of debate. Numerous series have reported …

Answer questions and earn CME/CNE Prostate cancer survivors approach 2.8 million in
number and represent 1 in 5 of all cancer survivors in the United States. While guidelines …

CONTEXT: The incidence of postoperative complications is still the most frequently used
surrogate marker of quality in surgery, but no standard guidelines or criteria exist for …

Context Minimally invasive radical prostatectomy (MIRP) has diffused rapidly despite limited
data on outcomes and greater costs compared with open retropubic radical prostatectomy …

Objective To establish a score threshold that constitutes a clinically relevant change for each
domain of the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite (EPIC) Short Form (EPIC-26) …

OBJECTIVES: Widespread implementation of health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL)
measurement in prostate cancer practice and research requires concise instruments. With …

BACKGROUND: Widespread use of prostate-specific antigen screening has resulted in
younger and healthier men being diagnosed with prostate cancer. Their demands and …

Purpose: Although robotic assisted laparoscopic surgery has been aggressively marketed
and rapidly adopted, there are few comparative effectiveness studies that support its …

BACKGROUND: Demand and utilization of minimally invasive approaches to radical
prostatectomy have increased in recent years, but comparative studies on cost are lacking …