Partial prostatectomy - comments

Arnulf Stenzl, Dep. of Urology, University Medical Center Tübingen, Germany

FOIU, Tel Aviv, July 3, 2018

Competing mortality

CaP

CaP

Watchful waiting

Radical prostatectomy

RPE vs. watchful waiting in men aged 65+ years

(SEER, n=44.694)

Abdollah et al., Eur Urol 2011

All p<0.001

Competing mortality

Role of multifocality in partial Px: size and location matters

HIF

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b

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S. Kaufmann et al, under review, 2018

Haffner et al, J Clin Invest, 123(11):4918-4922, 2013

… but not always