Prostate Cancer

Findings from Switzerland, the United States and Germany describe new data in prostate cancer research

Published in Cancer Weekly, October 3rd, 2006

Prostate cancer research advances have been reported from Switzerland, the United States and Germany.

Study 1: The incidence of incontinence after open radical retropubic prostatectomy is low and continence is highly associated with a nerve sparing technique.

According to a study from Switzerland, "We prospectively assessed the role of nerve sparing surgery on urinary continence after open radical retropubic prostatectomy. We evaluated a consecutive series of 536 patients who underwent open radical retropubic prostatectomy with attempted bilateral, unilateral or no nerve sparing, as defined by the surgeon, without prior radiotherapy at a minimum...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2006-10-03)

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