Robotic-assisted prostatectomy and open radical retropubic prostatectomy for locally-advanced prostate cancer: multi-institution comparison of oncologic outcomes

Robotic-assisted prostatectomy and open radical retropubic prostatectomy for locally-advanced prostate cancer: multi-institution comparison of oncologic outcomes

Robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) offers reportedly comparable oncologic outcomes for localized disease compared with open radical retropubic prostatectomy (ORRP). However, the oncologic efficacy of RALP in locally-advanced prostate cancer (PCa) is less clear. We report and compare...

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Main Authors: Anup A. Vora, Daniel Marchalik, Keith J. Kowalczyk, Hannah Nissim, Gaurav Bandi, Kevin G. McGeagh, John H. Lynch, S. Reza Ghasemian, Mohan Verghese, Krishnan Venkatesan, Phillip Borges, Edward M. Uchio, Jonathan J. Hwang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-03-01
Series:Prostate International
Subjects:
Prostate neoplasms
Oncologic outcomes
Prostatectomy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S228788821530012X

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