"Prostatectomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Complete or partial surgical removal of the prostate. Three primary approaches are commonly employed: suprapubic - removal through an incision above the pubis and through the urinary bladder; retropubic - as for suprapubic but without entering the urinary bladder; and transurethral (TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE).
| Descriptor ID |
D011468
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.950.774.860.625
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| Concept/Terms |
Prostatectomy, Suprapubic- Prostatectomy, Suprapubic
- Prostatectomies, Suprapubic
- Suprapubic Prostatectomies
- Suprapubic Prostatectomy
Prostatectomy, Retropubic- Prostatectomy, Retropubic
- Prostatectomies, Retropubic
- Retropubic Prostatectomies
- Retropubic Prostatectomy
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1997 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1999 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2000 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2005 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2006 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 2007 | 15 | 10 | 25 |
| 2008 | 18 | 6 | 24 |
| 2009 | 14 | 1 | 15 |
| 2010 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2011 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 2012 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2013 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 2014 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2015 | 14 | 7 | 21 |
| 2016 | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| 2017 | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2019 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 2020 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2021 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2022 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prostatectomy" by people in Profiles.
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Long-term patient-reported outcomes and toxicity following salvage radiotherapy for biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy. Cancer. 2026 Sep 15; 132(18):e70609.
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Single-port vs. multi-port robotic radical prostatectomy: an umbrella review of meta-analyses. J Robot Surg. 2026 Aug 11; 20(1).
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Clinical outcomes of benign prostatic hyperplasia surgery in men with detrusor underactivity versus normal contractility: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int Urol Nephrol. 2026 Oct; 58(10):4015-4025.
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Hormone therapy use and duration with postoperative radiotherapy for recurrent prostate cancer: an individual patient data meta-analysis. Lancet. 2026 03 14; 407(10533):1059-1071.
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Accelerating Drug Development in Hormone-Naïve Prostate Cancer through Multimodal Therapy Strategies: The MetaCURE Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial. Clin Cancer Res. 2026 Feb 04; 32(3):479-488.
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Stockholm3 Versus Prostate-specific Antigen in Prostate Cancer Screening: 9-year Outcomes Demonstrating Improved Detection of Aggressive Cancers and Reduced Overdiagnosis from the STHLM3 Trial. Eur Urol. 2026 Jan; 89(1):82-90.
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Patient-Reported Outcomes With Stereotactic Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy After Radical Prostatectomy: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol. 2025 07 01; 11(7):726-734.
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Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Sexual Dysfunction: Review of the Impact of New Medical and Surgical Therapies on Sexual Health. Curr Urol Rep. 2025 Jun 09; 26(1):49.
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Utility of 18F-DCFPyL PET for local staging for high or very high risk prostate cancer for patients undergoing radical prostatectomy. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2025 06; 52(7):2335-2342.
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Organ-confined prostate cancer with negative surgical margins in an entirely-embedded radical prostatectomy is essentially non-lethal-a retrospective single-institutional study of 520 patients. Int Urol Nephrol. 2025 Apr; 57(4):1105-1112.