September 01, 2006
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Atlanta-Neoadjuvant docetaxel added to androgen suppression therapy and radiation therapy appears to be safe and active in patients with high-risk localized prostate cancer, according to findings of a new phase II study from Canada reported here at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting.
September 01, 2006
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Atlanta-Positive surgical margin rates decrease as experience with robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) increases. In addition, formal laparoscopic training may not be necessary for optimizing some outcomes with the robotic procedure, according to the findings of two new studies presented here at the AUA annual meeting.
September 01, 2006
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Atlanta-Men with smaller prostate glands appear to be more likely to develop prostate cancer and have higher Gleason sum disease than are men with larger prostates, according to the results of a new prospective analysis.
September 01, 2006
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Surgery has greater impact on urinary function;......radiation therapy, on bowel function