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WHY SO MANY ROBOTIC PROSTATECTOMY LAWSUITS?

May 17, 2018 by Bert Vorstman MD

Scores of lawsuits have been filed against urologists performing robotic prostate cancer surgery, the device manufacturer and the hospitals promoting this “treatment”. In fact, upon googling “robotic prostatectomy lawsuits”, over 17,600 results come up. Perhaps even more alarming, when googling “robotic prostate cancer surgery lawsuits”, an astounding 559,000 results are seen. The fundamental reason why […]

Filed Under: Mens Health, Prostate Cancer News Tagged With: robotic prostatectomy

Does Prostate Cancer Need Treatment?

March 5, 2013 by Bert Vorstman MD

The majority of prostate cancers are low or favorable-risk Gleason 3+3 cancers. > 75% of all prostate cancers fall into this category, > these prostate cancers are particularly slow growing, and are NOT a great risk. > their average cell doubling time is in the order of 475 days or so, > at this rate […]

Filed Under: Prostate Cancer News Tagged With: active surveillance, Gleason 3+3, harm, healthcare dollars, prostate cancer, robotic prostatectomy

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