Most men with the disease should keep their prostates, says the author of a book about prostate cancer staging and treatment. WHEN MEN RECEIVE A prostate cancer diagnosis, their first reaction often ...

In the two decades since the first robotic surgery was performed in Australia, both the computers that drive them and the ...

For the first time, a study clearly shows that surgery for early prostate cancer can reduce the chance of dying from the disease, cutting the risk almost in half.

A patient in Angola was the first in a groundbreaking human clinical trial approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to test transcontinental robotic telesurgery.

Two brothers received life-saving prostate cancer treatment within months of each other after a joke on a lad’s holiday ...

The team also assessed the use of additional cancer therapies — a hormone therapy known as androgen deprivation, as well as radiation — after robotic surgery and open surgery. They found that robotic ...

A man from Angola was diagnosed with prostate cancer in March, and months later, a doctor in Florida cut out the cancer using ...

Men who had prostate surgery had better quality of life, new study finds Overall, though, "watchful waiting" for prostate cancer is still recommended "We may undertreat those with high-risk ...

Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in men after skin cancer. Surgery is very effective at controlling or curing the disease. We spoke with James Eastham, Chief of Memorial Sloan ...

The question: For some diseases, minimally invasive surgery has been shown to have advantages over traditional, open surgery. Might that be the case when the prostate gland needs to be ...

When retired engineer Murray Lazar was diagnosed with prostate cancer at the age of 64, doctors recommended the most radical treatment -- surgery to remove his prostate. Frightened by the idea ...