Men's Health

Outcomes following salvage radiation therapy after recurrent prostate cancer in a racially mixed cohort are no better when it’s started at a PSA level

Regular use of aspirin in the year before a diagnosis of stage I-III prostate cancer is associated with a reduction in prostate cancer-specific mortality, say Irish researchers.

African-American men are more influenced by convenience than are Caucasian men in their choice of treatment for early-stage prostate cancer, according to a recent study.

New therapies that are extending survival of men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer may also be contributing to an increasing trend for the development of non-osseous metastatic disease in these patients, according to a recent study.

Researchers say a cooling device can reduce local inflammation and shorten time to continence-and even prevent permanent incontinence-in patients who undergo robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

Insufficient estrogen levels in men may be at least partially to blame for symptoms that are often attributed to hypogonadism, according to a recently published study.

In an attempt to clarify what it calls conflicting guideline statements on prostate cancer screening from various organizations, the Large Urology Group Practice Association has issued its own position on the use of the PSA test as a screening tool.

The FDA has authorized the marketing of the UroLift system, the first permanent implant to relieve low or blocked urine flow in men aged 50 years and older with BPH.

In this case, the patient tried to keep the observing urologist in the case as another source of payment by claiming a physician-patient relationship existed, thus establishing he had a legal duty to ensure the care was within the accepted standard.

Some urologists are seeing more younger men for erectile dysfunction than they have in the past, the reasons for which appear to be multi-factorial.

Two California compounding pharmacies have announced voluntary recalls of testosterone products.

A recent study has linked genetic mutations to an increased risk of developing prostate cancer.

Even as the debate over the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s grade D recommendation for PSA screening continues, patients made their feelings clear about the recommendation in a recent survey.

Coffee consumption is associated with a lower risk of prostate cancer recurrence and progression, researchers reported.

For men aged 50–69 years, PSA testing reduces prostate cancer-specific mortality and the incidence of metastatic disease, according to a new multinational consensus statement on early detection of prostate cancer, which also calls for prostate cancer diagnosis to be unlinked from treatment for the disease.

Most urologists agree that surgical removal of the enlarged portion of the prostate is the most effective and durable way to manage lower urinary tract symptoms in men secondary to BPH. Where it gets interesting is deriving urologic consensus on the best way to achieve that goal.

Epigenetic profiling of prostate biopsies significantly improved the accuracy of predicting cancer in men with negative results, according to a late-breaking abstract presented at the AUA annual meeting in San Diego.

In a study of African-American men, researchers say they’ve linked two genetic variants to severity of lower urinary tract symptoms related to BPH, giving scientists insight into the higher risk facing African-Americans.

A new study has found that testosterone replacement doesn’t worsen lower urinary tract symptoms related to an enlarged prostate. In fact, many men saw their symptoms improve, apparently with little effect on their prostate gland.

Combining a prostate cancer gene assay with standard risk-stratification factors substantially increased information to guide decision making about active surveillance, a validation study of the assay showed.

Findings from a meta-analysis, including data from five independent patient cohorts, show that a novel genetic test is a powerful prognostic predictor of prostate cancer outcome across diverse clinical settings.

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Two new studies provide insights into aggressive prostate cancer that may suggest novel approaches to treatment.

A natural form of sugar could offer a new, noninvasive way to precisely image prostate and other tumors and potentially see whether cancer medication is effective, by means of a new imaging technology.

The advent of new biomarkers for prostate cancer could help determine the need for observation vs. interventional therapies.

The transition to ICD-10 is not just another thing on urologists’ plates. It’s the main course, and time to prepare for the change is running short.

Prostate cancer aggressiveness may be established when the tumor is formed and does not alter with time, according to a recent study.

After 18 years of follow-up, new findings from the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial show that the 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor finasteride (Proscar) reduces the risk of prostate cancer by about one-third but has no effect on mortality risk.

As follow-up lengthens in a prospective, randomized, controlled trial, men who underwent bipolar plasma vaporization of the prostate for BPH using the “button” vapo-resection electrode continue to demonstrate significantly better symptom scores and voiding characteristics compared to their counterparts treated by bipolar transurethral resection in saline or monopolar transurethral resection of the prostate.

Testicular sperm extraction of frozen sperm taken by biopsy in azoospermic men is as effective as fresh sperm taken by biopsy in helping couples conceive through in vitro fertilization (IVF), according to a study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.