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Prostate cancer patients may become impotent after surgery

A Spanish review found erectile dysfunction after prostate cancer surgery varied by technique: 22 percent with robotic surgery, 40 percent with laparoscopic and 41.4 percent with open radical prostatectomy. The underlying case series were rated low quality.

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Surgery not neccessary for most late-stage colorectal cancers

Memorial Sloan-Kettering researchers reviewed 233 patients treated for metastatic colorectal cancer and found 93 percent never developed complications that would justify removing the primary tumor. Philip Paty says such patients do better starting chemotherapy right away.

May 30, 2009

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