Comparison of therapeutic features and oncologic outcome in patients with pN1 prostate cancer among robot-assisted, laparoscopic, or open radical prostatectomy.

Journal: International journal of clinical oncology
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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To compare the therapeutic features and oncological outcomes of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) with those of open radical prostatectomy (ORP) or laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) in lymph node (LN) positive prostate cancer patients in a retrospective observational multi-institutional study.

Authors

  • Takahiro Kirisawa
    Department of Urology and Retroperitoneal Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Masaki Shiota
    Department of Urology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
  • Takahiro Kimura
    Department of Urology, Jikei University, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Kohei Edamura
    Department of Urology, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan.
  • Makito Miyake
    Department of Urology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan.
  • Shuichi Morizane
    Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago 683-8503, Japan.
  • Takayuki Yoshino
    National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba, Japan.
  • Akihiro Matsukawa
    Department of Urology, Kashiwa Hospital, The Jikei University, Chiba, Japan.
  • Ryuji Matsumoto
    Department of Renal and Genitourinary Surgery, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
  • Takashi Kasahara
    Department of Urology, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan.
  • Naotaka Nishiyama
    Department of Urology, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan.
  • Masatoshi Eto
    Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
  • Hiroshi Kitamura
    Department of Urology, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan.
  • Eijiro Nakamura
    Department of Urology and Retroperitoneal Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Yoshiyuki Matsui
    Department of Urological Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, 5-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.