Shared care is a model for patients with stable prostate cancer.

Introduction: Patients with prostate cancer (PC) have so far been followed in specialised hospital departments after diagnosis and initiation of treatment. The main obstacles associated with the transfer of this activity to general practice include lack of experience and uncertainty as to whether general practitioners (GPs) can handle follow-up.

Material And Methods: A Steering Committee was established in collaboration with health-care professionals to devise a strategy for a shared care model.

Laparoscopic pelvic lymph-node dissection in prostate cancer before external beam radiotherapy: Risk factors of nodal involvement and relapse following intended curative treatment.

Objective: To report experience with laparoscopic pelvic lymph-node dissection (LPLND) in patients with prostate cancer before radiotherapy. Selection of risk factors for nodal involvement (N1) and recurrence following radiotherapy was made.

Material And Methods: From November 1999 to June 2007, 177 patients with prostate cancer underwent LPLND at this department.

Improved survival of patients with prostate cancer in northern Denmark, 1985-2004.

Objective: In 2003 prostate cancer was the commonest non-cutaneous cancer among men. In general, the prognosis for men with prostate cancer is less favourable in Denmark than in neighbouring countries. We aimed to examine possible changes in the long-term survival of patients with prostate cancer in four counties in Denmark during the period 1985-2004.

[Radical prostatectomies for localized prostate cancer performed in center satellite collaboration--is it possible?].

Introduction: In an effort to comply with the increasing demand for surgery for localized prostate cancer a center satellite collaboration was established between a university department and two local urological departments. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate open radical prostatectomies performed by this collaboration.

Materials And Methods: The centre satellite collaboration included preoperative evaluation and treatment at local hospitals and evaluation of operative results by audit every 6 months.