Prostatectomy Today: Surgical Advances in Prostate Cancer Management
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Research of Cancer".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 September 2026
Special Issue Editor
Interests: prostate cancer; robot-assisted radical prostatectomy; robotic system; perioperative outcomes; sexual function; urinary continence; oncological outcomes
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Dear Colleagues,
Globally, prostate cancer is the second most common cancer diagnosis and the fifth leading cause of cancer death in men, accounting for over 1,460,000 cases and 396,000 deaths in 2022. Due solely to population aging and growth, the burden is projected to rise to approximately 2.4 million cases and 712,000 deaths by 2040. However, patients affected by prostate cancer have a high survival rate if treated promptly with suitable interventions. Radical prostatectomy remains the standard treatment for localized prostate cancer, even if it is affected by postoperative complications such as erectile dysfunction and urinary incontinence. The employment of robotic technology in prostate cancer surgery facilitated access to the deep pelvic location of the prostate and improved the surgical precision. Therefore, robot-assisted radical prostatectomy has considerably improved perioperative as well as functional outcomes, enabling better preservation of neurovascular bundles and the peri-prostatic structures, without affecting the oncological outcomes.
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to improving the knowledge about radical prostatectomy for the urologic community.
This Special Issue aims to focus on extraperitoneal and transperitoneal access of radical prostatectomy, tips and tricks of robotic radical prostatectomy, real advantages and disadvantages of robotic application, new systems of robotic prostate surgery, new techniques of robotic radical prostatectomy, complications and problems related to radical prostatectomy, the role of radical prostatectomy in advanced prostate cancer, functional outcomes in terms of urinary continence and sexual potency.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Ettore Mearini
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- prostate cancer
- robot-assisted radical prostatectomy
- robotic system
- perioperative outcomes
- sexual function
- urinary continence
- oncological outcomes
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