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  1. Weir HK, Thun MJ, Hankey BF, et al: Annual report to the nation on the status of prostate cancer, 1975-2000, featuring the uses of surveillance data for cancer prevention and control. J Natl Cancer Inst 95:1276-1299, 2003.

  2. Bill-Axelson A, Holmberg L, Ruutu M et al: Radical prostatectomy versus watchful waiting in early prostate cancer. N Engl J Med 352:1977-1984, 2005.

  3. Bianco FJ Jr., Scardino PT and Eastham JA: Radical Prostatectomy: Long-term cancer control and recovery of sexual and urinary function (“trifecta”). Urology 66:83-94, 2005.

  4. Han M, Partin AW, Chan DY, Walsh PC: An evaluation of the decreasing incidence of positive surgical margins in a large retropubic prostatectomy series. J Urol 171:23-26, 2004.

  5. Lepor H, Nieder AM and Ferrandino MN: Intraoperative and postoperative complications of radical retropubic prostatectomy in a consecutive series of 1,000 cases. J Urol 166:1729-1733, 2001.

  6. Zincke H, Oesterling JE, Blute ML et al: Long-term (15 years) results after radical prostatectomy for clinically localized (stage T2c or lower) prostate cancer. J Urol 152:1850–1857, 1994.

  7. Hull GW, Rabbani F, Abbas F et al: Cancer control with radical prostatectomy alone in 1,000 consecutive patients. J Urol 167:528–534, 2002.

  8. Iselin CE, Robertson JE and Paulson DF: Radical perineal prostatectomy: oncological outcome during a 20-year period. J Urol 161:163-168, 1999.

  9. Rassweiler J, Seemann O, Hatzinger M et al: Technical evolution of laparoscopic radical prostatectomy after 450 cases. J Endourol 17:143–154, 2003.

  10. Ruiz L, Salomon L, Hoznek A et al: Comparison of Early Oncologic Results of Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy by Extraperitoneal versus Transperitoneal Approach. Eur Urol 46:50-54, 2004.

  11. Guillonneau B, El-Fettouh H, Baumert H, et al: Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: oncological evaluation after 1,000 cases at Montsouris Institute. J Urol 169:1261-1266, 2003.

  12. Tewari A, Kaul S, and Menon M: Robotic Radical Prostatectomy: A Minimally Invasive Therapy for Prostate Cancer. Curr Urol Rep 6:45-48, 2005.

  13. Patel V and Tully S: Robotic radical prostatectomy: outcomes of 500 cases. J Endourol 19:A133, 2005.

  14. Borin JF, Skarecky DW, Ahlering TE: The impact of urethral stump length on continence and positive surgical margins in robot assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy. J Endourology 20;A218, 2006.

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