With increasing global life expectancy comes increasing health conditions. Robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) is traditionally offered to patients under the age of 75 years. However, a new study on RARP in patients aged over 75 years has demonstrated outcomes that will challenge this convention.
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Calleja, E., Rimington, P. The past, present and future: bespoke surgery for older patients with prostate cancer. Nat Rev Urol 18, 257–258 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41585-021-00458-0
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