Is radical prostatectomy of benefit in men with localized prostate cancer?
Shomik Sengupta and Horst Zincke*
Correspondence *Mayo Clinic, Department of Urology, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Email zincke.horst@mayo.edu
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In the preceding two decades there has been widespread use of RP in the treatment of men diagnosed with prostate cancer, as a result of both accumulating surgical expertise and an ongoing shift towards early diagnosis. Despite this, data on the efficacy of RP in controlling prostate cancer have been derived from numerous nonrandomized and generally single-institutional investigations.1 In some studies, long-term cancer-specific survival rates for patients with clinically localized prostate cancer appear to be similar regardless of initial therapy, thus fuelling speculation on the need for RP.2
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