Research Projects
Current studies include:
- Early detection of prostate cancer
- Randomised trial of robotic and open prostatectomy for prostate cancer
- Psycho-social studies in prostate cancer
- New approaches to the management of prostate cancer
Randomised study robotic and open prostatectomy trial
The lab is evaluating findings from the first randomised study of robotic and open prostatectomy in a multi-disciplinary collaborative study with support from colleagues of the Northern Section of the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand to:
- Examine standard clinical and oncological parameters in both groups
- Evaluate comprehensively Quality of Life in both arms
- Compare economic costs to patients and health service
- Determine life-expectancy profiles for patients prospectively
- Relate actual results to prognostic profiling with prostatic fluid
Psycho-social studies in prostate cancer
In close collaboration with Professor Chambers and Northern Section colleagues, we are undertaking NHMRC-supported prospective studies of:
- Active Surveillance and other treatment options for prostate cancer with Professor Penelope Schofield (Swinburn University
- Randomised controlled trial of early intervention to improve sexual & couple functioning after prostate cancer
New approaches to the management of prostate cancer
- Improving the sexual health of men with prostate cancer: randomised controlled trial of exercise and psychosocial therapies with Professors Rob Newton and Daniel Galvao (Edith Cowan University)
- Examining the roles of atorvastatin and metformin in early prostate cancer with Drs John Yaxley, Geoff Coughlin and Troy Gianduzzo (RBWH)