Prostate cancer patients mistaken about robotic surgery: study
Some see the removal of the prostate as removing the risk of recurrence
22nd February 2019
By Clare Pain
Some men with localised prostate cancer mistakenly believe robotic surgery is the treatment most likely to cure them, perhaps because they were diagnosed by a urologist, a Sydney study suggests.
Photo: Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Researchers conducted detailed interviews with 25 men considering having a free robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) through the public system at Liverpool Hospital in 2017.