Men's Health

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A phase III trial of enzalutamide (Xtandi) in chemotherapy-naïve patients with advanced prostate cancer has met both of its primary endpoints in an interim analysis, and the trial will be stopped early due to the drug’s benefit.

The publication of data in the New England Journal of Medicine (2013; 369:1629-37) showing an increase in intensity-modulated radiation therapy utilization among self-referring urologists has reignited the self-referral controversy.

Many physicians continue to administer the PSA test to even their oldest patients despite the fact that no medical organization recommends routine prostate cancer screening in men older than 75 years of age, according to recently published research.

Researchers at the Duke Cancer Institute in Durham, NC say they have developed a tool to forecast the potential survival of individual prostate cancer patients, enabling physicians to better assess whether to try additional rounds of treatment or seek clinical trials.

In this interview, Dr. Samir S. Taneja discusses the AUA's recommendations on the optimal method to perform a prostate biopsy and handle specimens as well as how to minimize infection and the role of imaging.

Thulium vapoenucleation of the prostate provided significant and durable symptomatic improvement in benign prostatic obstruction, long-term follow-up of a clinical series showed.

Primary androgen deprivation therapy for localized prostate cancer is associated with significantly better survival outcomes in a Japanese cohort compared with an American population, according to a recent study.

Single-fraction radiotherapy for bone metastases from prostate cancer is not widely used despite its comparable efficacy and lower cost in relation to multiple-fraction treatment, according to a recent study.

Data from a phase II study suggest that the potency of sipuleucel-T (Provenge) and immunologic prime-boost responses are maintained when the immunotherapy is administered concurrently or sequentially with abiraterone acetate (ZYTIGA) plus prednisone.

In its push to close the loophole on physician self-referral for prostate cancer treatment, the American Society for Radiation Oncology now has what some may call an unlikely ally.

Abiraterone acetate (ZYTIGA) significantly delays progression of pain and quality of life deterioration when taken in conjunction with prednisone, the authors of a multicenter study reported.

Short-term hormone therapy appears to produce outcomes that are as favorable as those for long-term therapy in men with intermediate-risk prostate cancer, according to the results of two studies from the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group.

Toxic chemicals in the environment harm our ability to reproduce and are associated with poor semen quality and prostate cancer, among other long-term health problems, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.

The American Society for Radiation Oncology and the American Academy of Family Physicians have both released recommendations on the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer as part of the Choosing Wisely campaign.

The level of expression of three genes associated with aging can be used to predict whether seemingly low-risk prostate cancer will remain slow growing, according to a recent study.

New research shows a significant decrease in PSA screening by primary care physicians since the release of the United States Preventive Services Task Force recommendation against screening in May 2012.

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.