The first direct comparison between robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy and open surgery (radical retropubic prostatectomy) has ended in a tie. Early results from an international, randomized, ...

This content is sponsored by MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men (after skin cancer), but it can often be treated successfully. It affects the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - One in 15 people undergoing robot-assisted prostate, kidney or bladder surgery develops a nerve injury related to pressure from positioning on the operating table, a new ...

Smilow Cancer Hospital has introduced a new single-port robotic prostatectomy procedure that reduces the number of incisions and may minimize the risk for complications. The procedure uses the da ...

The treatment is suitable for men whose cancer has not spread outside of the prostate gland or has spread to the area just ...

The long-awaited FDA clearance sets up a showdown in the surgical robotics market between Medtronic and Intuitive Surgical.

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in the US, aside from skin cancer. About 13% of male Americans will get it — and treatment often comes with the risk of erectile dysfunction. Relief ...

Fernando da Silva, who lives in the southern African nation of Angola, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in March. Three months later, he underwent a procedure to cut out the cancer from a surgeon ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Scary as it sounds, robotic surgery is taking a lot of the dread out of prostate cancer. My experience of the 21st century treatment began at New York Presbyterian Hospital a few ...