Today, radical prostatectomy cures the vast majority of men with cancer confined to the prostate.
   Serious bleeding is very rare, hospital stay is 1 or 2 days, preserving potency is common, and few suffer from serious incontinence.
   In fact, the radical prostatectomy series at the Brady Urological Institute is considered to be the gold standard for cancer cure, to which all other forms of treatment are compared.
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Johns Hopkins Prostate Bulletin   

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