prostatectomy
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prostatectomies
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However, the biopsy that came back after his prostatectomy showed that his cancer was likely Stage 2, not Stage 1 as originally thought, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025
On Dec. 22, Mr. Austin underwent a prostatectomy, the removal of all or part of the prostate gland, to treat prostate cancer.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2024
Current treatment methods for prostate cancer include androgen ablation, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and radical prostatectomy, but are ineffective against advanced prostate cancers.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 13, 2024
He was diagnosed in early December and had what the Pentagon described as a “minimally invasive surgical procedure,” called a prostatectomy, to treat the cancer on Dec. 22.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
He opted for a radical prostatectomy, after which patients are fitted with a catheter which is later removed, commonly followed by urinary incontinence.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2023
Two experts who specialize in prostate cancer surgery said that most men who undergo prostatectomies do not need to return to the hospital in the weeks after that surgery.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2024
William Catalona, professor of urology at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine, says the open technique remains the gold standard, and that is how he performs prostatectomies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2018
The number of men being offered or asking for a prostate-specific antigen test has dramatically dropped, so the first reason why fewer radical prostatectomies are being done is because fewer men are being tested.
From Nature ● Dec. 14, 2015
Men whose surgeons did more than 48 prostatectomies a year were half as likely to need incontinence surgery than men whose surgeons did a lower volume of prostate removals.
From Reuters ● Jun. 29, 2012
Dr. Gregory Zagaja, a surgeon who helped develop the robot-assisted surgery program at University of Chicago Medicine, said robot-assisted prostatectomies are as good as open.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2012
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