INTEGRATION OF ERG GENE MAPPING AND GENE‐EXPRESSION PROFILING IDENTIFIES DISTINCT CATEGORIES OF HUMAN PROSTATE CANCER

1 2 9 2 J O U R N A L C O M P I L A T I O N © 2 0 0 9 B J U I N T E R N A T I O N A L | 1 0 3 , 1 2 9 2 – 1 2 9 3 | doi:10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08582.x show that it is the early return to continence that makes the greatest difference to the patient and this must therefore be the focus for the future [3]. Our results would suggest that a greater effort in preserving the periprostatic nerves results in better outcomes for potency and continence. This is further supported by Catarin et al. [4], who recently showed that damage to the afferent autonomic innervation of the urethra might have a role in the continence mechanism after NS RRP. We accept that the two studies differ in surgical technique (comparing open NS RRP with NS EERPE) but the message that NS surgery does not improve continence is not our experience in Leipzig.