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European outcomes to radical prostatectomy in the PSA era

A German research group working in Hamburg has reported the first long-term survival data in response to radical prostatectomy (RP) from a European country since the beginning of the PSA era.

Their data is from a single-institution series of 436 patients followed for a median of about 10 years after treatment, which limits the degree to which these data can be broadly applied. Based on these data, the authors conclude that, at their institution, “RP provides excellent long-term survival rates in patients with clinically localized prostate cancer,” with a prostate cancer-specific mortality rate of only 6 percent at 10 years.