Prostate Surgery Best First-Line Treatment for Localized Prostate Cancer, Study Says

A major European study, recently found that men with localized prostate cancer who choose prostate removal surgery have a higher rate of survival than those who opt for radiotherapy. The 15-year study catologed more than 34,000 Swedish men who underwent the treatment.

According to the company’s press release:

While the highest survival rates were seen among younger patients with non-metastatic prostate cancer, even older men within the more advanced stages of the disease benefited from the surgery-first approach. David B. Samadi, MD, Chairman of Urology and Chief of Robotic Surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital, world-renowned prostate cancer expert and inventor of the Samadi Modified Advanced Robotic Technique (SMART) for prostate surgery, emphasized that the study results are consistent with his long held views on the benefits of prostate surgery. “When prostate cancer is diagnosed early, robotic surgery is the best way to optimize prostate cancer recovery and long-term survival.”

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