Causes of death after radical prostatectomy at a large tertiary center.

Purpose: Most men treated with radical prostatectomy do not die of prostate cancer. We evaluated the cause of death in a large series of patients who underwent radical prostatectomy and compared the rate of death to that of the general American population.

Materials And Methods: The study population consisted of 18,209 men who underwent radical prostatectomy at our institution between 1975 and 2009.

Progression after radical prostatectomy for men in their thirties compared to older men.

Objective: To assess the biochemical outcome after radical prostatectomy (RP) specifically for men aged 30-39 years, as previous studies suggest that prostate cancer in young men might be more aggressive.

Patients And Methods: From a large (15 899) database of RPs (1975-2007) we identified 42 men aged 30-39, 893 aged 40-49, 4085 aged 50-59, 3766 aged 60-69, and 182 men aged > or =70 years old. The clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes were compared between men aged 30-39 years and older men.