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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.

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.

Newly elected AUA President Pramod C. Sogani, MD, discusses the AUA's new regional courses on advanced prostate cancer treatment and its expanded course offerings in urologic ultrasound, among other topics.

Caldera Medical has announced FDA clearance and the launch of Vertessa Lite, which Caldera calls a supple, lightweight, yet strong polypropylene mesh for use in abdominal sacrocolpopexy procedures for vaginal vault prolapse.

Observation appears to be safe and more cost effective than immediate treatment for many men with low-risk, localized prostate cancer, according to a recent study from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

The need to equalize or narrow Medicare payment differences between ambulatory services provided in hospital outpatient departments (OPDs) and physicians’ offices is urgent, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC).

Early exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) leads to an increased cancer risk in an animal model of human prostate cancer, according to new research findings from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

The amount of money that has been spent by payers and vendors with deep lobbying pockets has made the delay of ICD-10 implementation highly unlikely. As such, we are recommending that every practice assume that Oct. 1, 2014 is the implementation date.

A relatively new imaging system demonstrates a higher capacity for mapping recurrent prostate cancer than integrated positron emission tomography and computed tomography, researchers recently reported at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging annual meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The use of computed tomography scans of the head, abdomen/pelvis, chest, or spine in children younger than 14 years of age more than doubled from 1996 to 2005, according to a study of seven U.S. health care systems.