[How to improve the surgery of prostate cancer?]

This work summarizes the highlights of the satellite symposium of the seventh edition of the European Robotic Urology Symposium. Treatment options of T3 prostate cancer were discussed, including the results of the Tap 032 study. In this phase III study, 264 patients with locally advanced prostate cancer were randomized to be treated by leuproreline 11,25 mg for 3 years alone or radiotherapy plus leuproreline 11,25 mg for 3 years. The median of disease free survival (Phoenix definition : PSA nadir + 2 ng/ml) was significantly longer in the group of patients treated with the combined treatment (6,96 years vs 3,46 years, p = 0,0005). No statistical difference was observed in specific survival (93,2% vs 86,1%, p = 0,11). In the second part of the satellite symposium, perioperative, oncological, and functional outcomes of laparoscopic robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy were presented, as well as today and future developments of robotic surgery.