As featured in SAN Doctor Spring 2018 edition
The robotic surgical platform has well and truly metastasised throughout the private, and more recently public sectors. Within urology, robotic assisted radical prostatectomy (robRP) has become a [...]
Recent News
Urology Cases
Dr Richard L Haddad BMed (Newc) MS (Syd, Urol) FRACS (Urol) Robotic Sub-Specialist & Urologist Sydney Adventist, Norwest Private, MUH
BPH GP Talk Norwest Oct 2018
Richard L Haddad Norwest Private Hospital 17 Oct 2018
The role of radical prostatectomy in the management of oligometastatic prostate cancer
Increasingly with the advent of newer hormonal manipulative strategies, and other novel agents in the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer, the clinical future for these patients is trending [...]
ROBOTIC PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY
Recently, there has been increased incidental radiologic detection of small renal tumours1. Historically their biologic natural history is 60–70% malignant (renal cell carcinoma) and 30–40% [...]
Specialist Profile
Dr Richard Haddad was awarded his Fellowship Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in urology in 2012. Post fellowship, Dr Haddad completed subspecialty training in robotic uro-oncology [...]
Renal Cancer Research Review – Issue 1
We lead this issue with a sub-group analysis of the ASSURE trial exploring retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy for high risk, nonmetastatic renal cell carcinoma. The group conclude there was no [...]
Accurate diagnosis key to early treatment
Last year 3000 men in Australia died of prostate cancer. Up to 20,000 newcases are diagnosed a year. The risk of prostate cancer increases with age and one in seven men is diagnosed with it by [...]