Surgeons commonly perform a prostatectomy to treat prostate cancer. It involves removing all or part of the prostate. However, prostate removal may cause bowel problems in some people. A prostatectomy ...

Prostate cancer treatments lead to higher long-term complication rates, emphasizing the need for informed decision-making regarding treatment options and side effects. Prostatectomy patients ...

As part of its Speaking Out video series, CURE talked to Dr. Brian Keith McNeil, on behalf of ZERO Prostate Cancer, about managing side effects following prostate cancer treatment. While treatment ...

Men with advanced prostate cancer undergoing local therapies such as radiation therapy or radical prostatectomy experience significantly more gastrointestinal and sexual issues, along with problems ...

Data from the PROTEUS trial showed that adding a hormone-blocking pill called apalutamide to standard hormone therapy, both ...

Stereotactic body radiotherapy as salvage therapy after radical prostatectomy was well tolerated. Toxic effects were comparable to a historical cohort of patients receiving conventionally fractionated ...

A prostatectomy is surgery to partially or completely remove the prostate gland to treat conditions such as prostate cancer or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). A radical prostatectomy is the ...