We report the case of a 68-year-old man who had previously undergone heart transplantation and pelvic irradiation for Hodgkin's lymphoma and who was under active surveillance for prostate cancer.
In response to his increased prostate-specific antigen levels and elevated Gleason score, he was offered robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy.
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Axcrona K, Vlatkovic L, Hovland J, Brennhovd B, Kongsgaard U, Giercksky KE. Are you the author?
Department of Urology, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Reference: J Robot Surg. 2012 Mar;6(1):81-83.
doi: 10.1007/s11701-011-0270-y
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 22408687
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