Young Patients and Robotic Radical Prostatectomy: The Only Way is Up

Early-onset prostate cancer (<55 years), differs from prostate cancer diagnosed at an older age in several ways [2]. Firstly, among men with high-grade and advanced-stage prostate cancer, those diagnosed at a young age have a higher cause-specific mortality than men diagnosed at an older age [2]. This highlights biological differences between early and lateonset disease [2]. Early-onset prostate cancer also has a strong genetic component. This indicates that young men with prostate cancer could benefit from evaluation of genetic risk [2].When the clinico-pathologic features of men 55 years old or less were examined, it was determined this cohort are more likely to have favourable pathologic characteristics [3]. Yet, screening is not standard.