Is there a role for radical prostatectomy in the management of oligometastatic prostate cancer? A systematic review.

Context: There is a growing interest about the role of radical prostatectomy (RP) in local cancer control in oligometastatic prostate cancer (PCa).

Purpose: To evaluate the oncological and functional outcomes of RP in the management of oligometastatic PCa through a systematic review.

Methods: A systematic review search was performed and the following bibliographic databases were accessed: PubMed, Scopus, Embase and the Cochrane central register of controlled trials were searched from January 2000 to November 2022.

Cost-Effective Filtrating Suction to Evacuate Surgical Smoke in Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The wide and fast spread of COVID-19 around the world has led to a dramatic increase in the need for protection products both for carers and for populations. Surgical team protection includes a systematic screening of patients, wearing protection devices by all the operating staff, and adequate management of aerosols. The risk of aerosol dispersal is particularly high during laparoscopic and robotic surgeries due to the interaction between circulating CO2 and surgical smoke that may contain small viral particles.

[French ccAFU guidelines - Update 2018-2020: Prostate cancer].

Objective: The purpose of the guidelines national committee ccAFU was to propose updated French guidelines for prostate cancer.

Methods: A Medline search was achieved between 2016 and 2018, as regards diagnosis, options of treatment and follow-up of prostate cancer, and to evaluate the different references specifying their levels of evidence.

Results: Epidemiology, classification, staging systems, diagnostic evaluation of prostate cancer are reported.

[RETRACTED: Recommandations françaises du Comité de Cancérologie de l’AFU – Actualisation 2018–2020 : cancer de la prostate French ccAFU guidelines – Update 2018–2020: Prostate cancer].

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