Some men with low-risk prostate cancer who are being managed by active surveillance can have their PSA levels measured every 6 months instead of every 3 months, researchers reported at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago.
In men with diabetes who are diagnosed with prostate cancer, use of metformin reduces both cancer-specific and all-cause mortality, and the treatment benefits increase with increasing cumulative duration of exposure to the drug, according to the results of a retrospective study presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago.
The data are not convincing that one form of newer technology is superior to the traditional lower-cost prostate cancer treatments they replace (eg, robotic vs. open prostatectomy and photon vs. proton radiation).
Men plan to continue getting PSA tests despite the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s recommendation against screening, but just over one-third of men report shared decision making for screening with their physician, according to findings from two recently published studies.
Nerves play a critical role in both the development and spread of prostate tumors, report researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY.
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.
High blood concentrations of omega-3 fatty acids are associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer, results of a recently published study show.
The NPP is an intriguing asset to a urology group and, as with other assets, requires monitoring from the business, clinical, and billing aspects. This article will provide some guidance and interpretation for reporting service requirements under the Medicare program.
One area of health care analytics that has practical application today is the accurate identification of certain patients within your practice, based on clinical characteristics and for a defined purpose. In this article, I describe three “use cases” for this simple form of descriptive analytics.
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During the trial, the defense was able to put forth the claim that the perforations did not occur during the operation.
As the pressure continues to build in Washington to tighten the screws on the in-office ancillary services exception to provisions of the Stark self-referral law, key organizations representing urology are looking for allies on Capitol Hill to preserve that piece of business for urologists.
Unfortunately, for physicians who have dedicated their careers to patient care, they are besieged by the many ongoing uncertainties within the U.S. health care system, this summer, this year, and for the last decade(s), which have promulgated a great deal of apprehension as to how we can best “practice” our profession
The risk of cancer is slightly elevated in patients who undergo computed tomography scans, according to the authors of an international study, who reported that incidence was significantly increased for urinary tract cancer and six other solid tumors.
Adherence to a series of lifestyle recommendations leads to a significantly decreased risk of highly aggressive prostate cancer, according to a recent study.
In what they are calling a breakthrough study, researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Cleveland Clinic have restored significant bladder function through nerve regeneration in rats with the most severe spinal cord injuries.
The urology programs at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and the University of California, San Diego have recently been designated as departments of urology.
Bruce R. Kava, MD, presents the take home messages on BPH/LUTS from the AUA annual meeting in San Diego.
Daniel Shoskes, MD, presents the take home messages on transplantation/vascular surgery from the AUA annual meeting in San Diego.
Mantu Gupta, MD, presents the take home messages on stone disease/endourology from the AUA annual meeting in San Diego.
Hunter Wessells, MD, presents the take home messages on trauma/reconstruction/diversion from the AUA annual meeting in San Diego.
Harcharan Singh Gill, MD, presents the take home messages on penile, testis, and urethral cancer from the AUA annual meeting in San Diego.
Robert C. Dean, MD, presents the take home messages on sexual function/dysfunction from the AUA annual meeting in San Diego.
Priya Padmanabhan, MD, MPH, presents the take home messages on female urology/incontinence/urodynamics from the AUA annual meeting in San Diego.
James Brown, MD, presents the take home messages on minimally invasive surgery from the AUA annual meeting in San Diego.
Danil V. Makarov, MD, MHS, presents the take home messages on outcomes analysis.
A study of more than 1,800 men ages 52 to 62 years suggests that African-Americans diagnosed with very low-risk prostate cancers are much more likely than Caucasian men to actually have aggressive disease that goes unrecognized with current diagnostic approaches.
Edmund Chiong, MD, presents the take home messages on bladder cancer from the AUA annual meeting in San Diego.
The use of advanced treatments-namely, intensity-modulated radiation therapy and robotic prostatectomy-in patients with low-risk prostate cancer has increased significantly, despite little evidence of benefit, according to a recently published study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor.
Andrew Wagner, MD, presents the take home messages on kidney cancer from the AUA annual meeting in San Diego.
