Currently, prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most important problem of modern medicine, including economical issue. The detection of PCa compared to any other cancers progressively increases with age. Currently, PCa is the most commonly diagnosed solid tumor.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Prostate cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in men. The gold standard for the detection of prostate cancer is ultrasound guided transrectal prostate biopsy. The detectability of cancer using this method is from 30 to 50%.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRelevance: Erectile dysfunction (ED) associated with radical prostatectomy (RP) affects 25-75% of patients and has a significant negative impact on their quality of life AIM: To analyze the maintenance of erectile function after RP depending on the type of endoscopic access and nerve-sparing.
Materials And Methods: This retrospective study comprised 231 patients with localized prostate cancer, who underwent surgery between February 2015 and February 2016. Surgery was performed using one of three approaches: laparoscopic, extraperitoneoscopic or robot-assisted.
Modern medicine tends to use minimally invasive treatments. Selected patients with prostate cancer may be treated using irreversible electroporation that involves the application of a NanoKnife device. The procedure directs short electrical pulses that open microscopic pores in the cells in the treatment area and effectively destroy cancer cells.
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