SafetyIssues Personal and Public Safety News Articles: Tag: prostate Does Prostate Cancer Surgery Really Help? ================================================================================ Staff writer for safetyissues.com on 08/14/08 03:51:00 Men who undergo radical prostatectomy, or surgical removal of the prostate after being diagnosed with prostate cancer, have less risk of dying compared to those who take the watchful waiting approach, according to a continuing study of men in the Scandinavian Prostate Cancer Group.