Contemporary outcomes of palliative transurethral resection of the prostate in patients with locally advanced prostate cancer

Advanced prostate cancer may cause significant local complications which affect quality of life, including bladder outlet obstruction and hematuria. We performed a detailed review of our outcomes of palliative transurethral resection of the prostate (pTURP) in the era of taxane chemotherapy and potent androgen receptor antagonists at our tertiary-care institution. Using hospital coding data, we identified patients with a diagnosis of prostate...