Nile opted for a radical prostatectomy - which removes the whole prostate gland.

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My urologist at the time recommended the traditional route of a prostatectomy, a procedure fraught with negatives, including incontinence and impotence.

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After researching different treatments on the Internet, he elected to have laproscopic radical prostatectomy surgery -- a procedure less intrusive than traditional treatments.

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In a "keyhole" prostatectomy, a surgeon manipulates chopsticklike instruments through tiny slits in the body to remove a cancer-ridden prostate and reconstruct its surroundings.

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"It has been hyped by the instrument makers, " says Johns Hopkins University urologist Patrick Walsh, renowned for inventing a nerve-sparing prostatectomy procedure that preserves sexual function.

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Prostatectomy vanquishes the tumor 80% of the time.

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We are doing a study which is looking at men who have chosen to get a prostatectomy and they get Provenge some weeks in advance of that so that we can better understand the components in the immune system that are being engaged.

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In my research on the Internet, I discovered another option that had not been well publicized, and certainly wasn't an option discussed by my doctors at that time ---- LRPS. Laproscopic radical prostatectomy surgery is a procedure using micro surgical instruments inserted in the body via a few small incisions.

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