Men's Health

Urologists with higher surgical volumes, especially in robotic procedures, are more likely to recommend immediate treatment than active surveillance in men with low-risk prostate cancer, according to a recent study.

Despite a recent study’s promise, downsides to the procedure remain, according to one of the study’s authors.

In the experience of Martin Miner, MD, and Joel Heidelbaugh, MD, men’s health is far more than the working relationship between urology and primary care centered around male-specific medical concerns, and includes several different and significant subspecialties.

Use of targeted magnetic resonance/ultrasound fusion biopsy (“targeted biopsy”) resulted in the diagnosis of significantly more high-risk prostate cancers and significantly fewer low-risk cancers compared with a standardized systematic biopsy technique, reported the authors of a new study from the National Cancer Institute.

GI complications add more than $3,000 to the cost of care for a Medicare beneficiary, researchers report.

The use of PSA is not straightforward. It’s not simple or easy. But the last time I checked, we physicians went to school for a long time so that we could explain complicated problems to our patients.

In this interview, Patrick H. McKenna, MD, former chairman of the AUA’s Judicial & Ethics Committee, discusses self-referral as well as the AUA expert witness program, conflicts of interest, and live surgical demonstrations.

African-American men with very low-risk prostate cancer being followed on active surveillance are at significantly higher risk for disease upgrading on subsequent biopsy compared to Caucasian men, according to analyses of prospectively collected data from the Johns Hopkins Active Surveillance registry.

Analyses of data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project are providing understanding on trends in utilization of simple prostatectomy for treatment of symptomatic BPH and addressing the gap in information about its outcomes.

A recent UCLA study suggests that physicians need to improve treatment counseling for patients with prostate cancer, a leading expert says.

The benefits of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy outweigh the health care and surgical costs, a new study found.

Earlier, more aggressive radiation therapy is recommended in prostate cancer patients with detectable PSA following radical prostatectomy, say the authors of a recently published study.

The muddy waters of patient selection and timing of post-prostatectomy radiation therapy may be clearer. Find out how.

A newer androgen receptor blocker significantly increases survival versus a first-generation agent in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, data show.

The analysis looked at intracytoplasmic sperm injection use and reproductive outcomes between 1996 and 2012. fertilization. Learn why

A literature review has found no evidence that testosterone therapy increases cardiovascular risk.

A patient with an abnormal PSA level transferred to another physician's care and was never told of his result. Two and a half years later, a biopsy revealed Gleason 9 prostate cancer.

Use of the urethral lift as a treatment for BPH provided rapid improvement in symptoms, flow, and quality of life that were sustained at 2 years in a multicenter study.

A large-scale study provides new evidence that targeted MRI ultrasound fusion prostate biopsy increases detection of high risk prostate cancers while decreasing detection of low-risk cancers. "More reliable diagnosis"

A newly published analysis “opens a huge opportunity for the discovery of new biomarkers” for multiple cancers, including aggressive prostate cancer, a leading urologic cancer expert says.

More than 90% of men whose lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) progress do not seek treatment for their symptoms, according to recent study results that one expert cautioned against overinterpreting.

Palmetto GBA, a national contractor that administers Medicare benefits, has issued a positive coverage policy through the MolDX Program for the Decipher prostate cancer classifier, developer GenomeDx Biosciences reported.

While it is often difficult to defend a case involving the removal of an organ for cancer that is then determined to be cancer free, the added claim of lack of informed consent for the procedure does not aid the defense in these lawsuits.

A novel imaging technique may prove more effective than current magnetic resonance imaging approaches for localizing prostate tumors, researchers say.

A combination vaccine and androgen ablation therapy is showing promise in some patients with prostate cancer.