: What are the side effects of prostate surgery? Sheldon Marks, MD The side effects of surgery are significant. You're investing a lot up front with the highest risks up front for the potential long-term benefit, 10, 15, 20 years down the road. Because the nerves that cause erections ...
RAJ LAUNGANI Well, when you talk about complications of prostate cancer, prostate cancer in and of itself does not have complications. When disease is progressed or when it's advanced, you can suffer some of the side effects of advanced disease, like blood in the urine or difficulty with ur...
Are there any long-term effects patients should be aware of from both surgery and radiation for prostate cancer? Sartor: Yes. With regard to surgery, most of the [side effects] can come relatively early, and then there's a period of healing. Occasionally, there can be problems with urethra...
Study: Robotic surgery does not lessen common side effects from prostate removalSimon, Stacy
The largest single-institution study of its kind has found few complications in prostate cancer patients treated with radiotherapy after surgery to remove the prostate. Men in this study received radiotherapy after a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test
Side-effects of treatments for locally advanced prostate cancer Locally advanced prostate cancer (LAPC) is a clinical diagnosis whereby the tumour has extended beyond the prostatic capsule with no evidence of nodal or d... KM O'Connor,JM Fitzpatrick - 《British Journal of Urology International》 ...
Still, "it's a high percentage" with side effects, said Wilson, who has been a paid speaker for two makers of surgery equipment. "There's no question we overtreat" many cases of early prostate cancer, yet the disease is still the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in men. "We nee...
At the time of diagnosis, prostate cancer is organ confined in 70% of the cases. A quarter of these patients undergo local therapy (surgery/radiation); 75% risk disease progression by "watchful waiting" or systemic side effects through hormonal ablation. Local high-intensity focused ultrasound (...
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PROSCAR®is indicated for the treatment of symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in men with an enlarged prostate to: Improve symptoms Reduce the risk of acute urinary retention Reduce the risk of the need for surgery including transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) and prostatectom...