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Guidelines for sites linking to mayoclinic.orgMayo Clinic's knowledge and understanding of the prostate gland and prostate cancer are continually expanding through ongoing research. Mayo's goal is to advance surgical procedures and other treatments, improve outcomes and reduce the risk of side effects.
Mayo Clinic maintains an extensive database of patients who have undergone surgery to remove the prostate gland. Researchers use this information to monitor cancer and surgery outcomes, to search for trends and connections, and to ensure overall quality of care.
See a list of publications on prostate cancer from Mayo physicians on PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine.
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Research descriptions of individual investigators on www.mayo.edu:
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