The role of surgery in the treatment of prostate cancer.
OBJECTIVE
To describe the role of surgery in the treatment of organ-confined prostate cancer and advanced prostate cancer.


METHODS
Journals, textbooks, and personal communication.


CONCLUSIONS
Radical prostatectomy plays a possible role in curing those patients with disease confined to the prostate. Bilateral orchiectomy plays a palliative role for patients with advanced disease.


CONCLUSIONS
This article provides nurses with the knowledge needed to teach patients about how the surgery is performed, the associated complications, and the likelihood of cancer control.
Marschke
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Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, JHOC-4th Floor Urology, 601 N Caroline St, Baltimore, MD 21287-0850, USA.
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000193:education; D009919:Orchiectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology; D010166:Palliative Care; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000592:standards; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery*; D012306:Risk; D014481:United States