Fourth Prize: Prospective Longitudinal Comparative Study of Early Health-Related Quality-of-Life Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Surgical Treatment for Localized Prostate Cancer: A Short-Term Evaluation of Five Approaches from a Single Institution

Abstract

Different surgical approaches for the treatment of localized prostate cancer affect the shortterm QoL results in different ways. Urinary, sexual, and bowel function and bother are affected to a similar degree by ORP, LRP, and dVP. In an older population, the tissue destruction resulting from PCryo appears to relieve obstructive and irritative urinary symptoms but at the sacrifice of sexual function compared with (103)Pd.