# Markus Graefen

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## TL;DR

Markus Graefen leads the Martini-Klinik, the world's highest-volume prostate surgery centre.

## Summary

Markus Graefen is Medical Director of the Martini-Klinik Prostate Cancer Center at Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, the world's highest-volume prostate surgery centre. His specialisms are prostate cancer surgery, radical prostatectomy and functional outcomes, including robotic and minimally invasive approaches. The Martini-Klinik performs thousands of radical prostatectomies a year and publishes outcome data on continence and potency preservation. His papers include a comparison of adjuvant and early salvage radiotherapy for men at high risk of recurrence after prostatectomy, a JAMA Oncology comparison of surgery and radiotherapy for Gleason score 9-10 prostate cancer, and a European Urology study of persistent PSA after radical prostatectomy. His publications are listed on PubMed.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-08
- Role: Medical Director, Martini-Klinik Prostate Cancer Center, UKE Hamburg
- Specialisms: Prostate cancer surgery; Radical prostatectomy; Functional outcomes

## Sources

- PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Graefen%20M%5BAuthor%5D%20prostatectomy

## Connected records

- cancers: [Prostate cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/prostate/)
- technologies: [Robotic & minimally invasive surgery](https://onco.cc/technologies/robotic-surgery/)
- institutions: [Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf](https://onco.cc/institutions/uke-hamburg/)

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