The most common surgery for prostate cancer is a radical prostatectomy. This surgery involves taking out the entire prostate gland, some lymph nodes and other nearby tissue, like the seminal vesicles ...

—Findings from a recent study suggest that management of prostate cancer has improved in the last 2 decades, including a lower frequency of pathologic grade group 1 prostatectomies. The number of ...

Vipul R. Patel, MD, FACS, is a board-certified urologic surgeon, medical director of the Global Robotics Institute at AdventHealth, and medical director of urologic oncology at AdventHealth Cancer ...

As the prostate cancer treatment landscape continues to evolve, understanding the risks and benefits of each approach is critical for patients. Prostate cancer treatment continues to evolve, and ...

Pre-treatment prostate MRI predicts recurrence and survival after surgery. Discover how imaging improves risk assessment.

A long-term study of men diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer in the late 1980s and 1990s concludes that those who were treated with surgery were much less likely to die of the disease -- or of ...

Men with prostate cancer have a major decision to make: whether to get a lifesaving surgery. Radical prostatectomy, the surgical removal of the prostate, is recommended for some. This surgery can cure ...

Cancer surgery often requires patients to travel to the specialist. This time, the specialist traveled to the patient. Doctors at The London Clinic remotely guided a robotic system to remove a man's ...

James Choate-Deeds always stayed on top of his health. So when the dad of three turned 50, he wanted to get screened for prostate cancer. It's done through a PSA test, which measures the amount of ...

After months of treatment, Patrick Tafoya is now cancer-free following a battle with stage 3 prostate cancer, marking a major ...