Genitourinary Cancers

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The first phase II study to investigate the use of the targeted therapy everolimus (Afinitor) for the initial treatment of advanced papillary kidney cancer has shown that it is successful in slowing or preventing the spread of the disease.

Standard and reduced high-dose volume radiation therapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer provide similar tumor control and decreased late toxicity when compared to surgery, say the authors of a study from the United Kingdom.

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The tyrosine kinase inhibitors pazopanib (Votrient) and sunitinib (Sutent) had similar benefits in delaying progression of advanced renal cell carcinoma, but the safety profile and many measures of quality of life favored pazopanib, according to data from a recently published multicenter study.

Men who are diagnosed with azoospermia are more prone to developing cancer than the general population, according to a recent study.

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British researchers have developed a device that they say is able to read odors in urine to help diagnose patients with early signs of bladder cancer.

Harcharan Singh Gill, MD, presents the take home messages on penile, testis, and urethral cancer from the AUA annual meeting in San Diego.

Danil V. Makarov, MD, MHS, presents the take home messages on outcomes analysis.

Edmund Chiong, MD, presents the take home messages on bladder cancer from the AUA annual meeting in San Diego.

Andrew Wagner, MD, presents the take home messages on kidney cancer from the AUA annual meeting in San Diego.

AVEO Oncology recently announced that it has received a complete response letter from the FDA informing the company that the FDA will not approve in its present form the new drug application for AVEO’s investigational agent tivozanib for the treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Physicians and patients alike may not be aware of the benefits of nephron-sparing surgical methods, according to a recent study.

More intense surveillance and treatment in the first 2 years after a bladder cancer diagnosis could reduce the number of patients whose cancer recurs and lower the death rate from this disease, according to researchers from UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Researchers at UCLA’s Institute of Urologic Oncology and department of urology have classified kidney cancer into several unique subtypes, a finding that could help physicians tailor treatment to individual patients.

Researchers at UCLA’s Institute of Urologic Oncology and department of urology have classified kidney cancer into several unique subtypes, a finding that could help physicians tailor treatment to individual patients.

A recently published population-based study reinforces prior evidence from retrospective studies of the increased survival benefit of partial nephrectomy over radical nephrectomy, and suggests a cancer-specific survival benefit for nephron-sparing approaches as well.

A personalized immunotherapy (AGS-003) nearly doubled expected progression-free survival and overall survival when added to standard sunitinib (Sutent) in patients with unfavorable-risk metastatic renal cell carcinoma, according to results from a single-arm phase II study.

Active surveillance appears to be a reasonable option for older patients with small renal masses, most of which are discovered during imaging for unrelated conditions, says the author of a recent study.

Abbott has announced that the ARCHITECT AFP test, which may help physicians detect the progression of testicular cancer, received FDA approval.

Small kidney tumors have an aggressive potential and should be treated, according to the results of a large multicenter study presented at the European Association of Urology annual congress in Milan, Italy.

In patients with small renal masses, partial nephrectomy results in better overall survival and lower costs compared with radical nephrectomy, say researchers from Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington.

A new immunoassay that tests for the presence of three biomarkers appears to be a valid screening method for the early detection of renal cell carcinoma, according to a recent study.