Diagnostic Center For Disease: Robotic Prostatectomy - A Race To Failure?

SARASOTA, Fla. -- The following statement was issued today by Diagnostic Center for Disease: "There is currently no convincing evidence that early screening, detection, and treatment improve mortality. Limitations in prostate cancer screening include potential adverse health effects associated with false-positive and negative results, and treatment side effects." Policy Statement from the American College of Preventive Medicine, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, February 2008 There were an estimated 50,000 robotic prostatectomies performed in 2007(1). It is projected that the number could double in 2008. Robot assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) is now generall...