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Recent analyses of urodynamic testing data indicate that both autologous fascial pubovaginal sling and synthetic midurethral sling procedures decrease maximum flow rate and increase bladder outlet resistance, but the pubovaginal sling was found to create more bladder outlet resistance.

The incidence of secondary malignancies following prostate cancer therapy is similarly uncommon whether the treatment is surgery, brachytherapy, or external beam therapy.

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Advanced age does not influence postoperative continence or cancer-specific survival after radical prostatectomy, according to a recent study.

Urologists share how confident they feel about active surveillance for low-risk prostate cancer.

To optimize outcomes for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma, multimodal therapy is often required.

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One in five U.S. physicians are over 65 years of age as of 2010, the American Medical Association reports. Some experts say that regular cognitive and physical screenings are needed once physicians reach 65 or 70 years of age, but no standardized screening is available. Age, of course, is not always a negative factor, says urologist Sivaprasad D. Madduri, MD.

Sequester cuts could endanger the medical work force, as well as access to care.

A new study suggests that exercise may reduce Caucasian men's risk of developing prostate cancer.

Many synthetic chemicals, untested for their disrupting effects on the hormone system, may have significant health implications, including contributing to the development of prostate cancer in men and undescended testes in young males.

New York’s Integrated Medical Professionals, PLLC and Weill Cornell Medical College have appointed urologists to new posts.

Three "field effect" epigenetic biomarkers were found to be more prevalent in histologically benign biopsy cores from prostate cancer patients diagnosed with Gleason score 7 prostate cancer than in those with low-volume Gleason 6 disease, researchers reported at the Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in Orlando, FL.

In several states, legislative attempts at medical liability reform are taking place.

A large study presented at the Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in Orlando, FL has confirmed that prostate cancer detection rates are enhanced when 10 to 12 specimens are obtained during biopsy.

Patients with high-risk prostate cancer who received 18 months of hormone therapy lived as long as patients treated for 36 months, Canadian researchers report.

Women who have unsuccessful midurethral sling surgery for stress urinary incontinence and then undergo a second midurethral sling surgery see more quality of life symptom improvement than women who undergo only a first procedure, a new study from the University of Alabama at Birmingham found.

The FDA has granted priority review to the new drug application filed for radium-223 dichloride, an investigational compound under review for the treatment of patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer who have bone metastases.

A large retrospective study of older patients diagnosed with small kidney tumors showed that patients who undergo surgery to remove these tumors have the same risk of dying of kidney cancer over a 5-year period as those who undergo surveillance.

Like all physicians, urologists face multiple challenges in 2013. As part of its seventh State of the Specialty survey, Urology Times asked practicing urologists a number of questions about their career satisfaction. The results may surprise you.

Nearly a quarter of family physicians order PSA tests without discussing the test with patients, according to a recent study.

MicroRNA expression appears to serve as a biomarker for predicting the progression of bladder urothelial carcinoma, the authors of a study from Israel reported.

New data suggest the phosphodiesterase type-5 inhibitor tadalafil (Cialis) may be beneficial in helping men who have problems with ejaculation and orgasm, report researchers from New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York.

New research from Sweden shows that men who take vitamin C supplements regularly run a higher risk of developing kidney stones.

A new multicenter study comparing outcomes among prostate cancer patients treated with surgery versus radiotherapy found differences in urinary, bowel, and sexual function after short-term follow-up, but those differences were no longer significant 15 years after initial treatment.

Regular consumption of deep-fried foods is associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer, and the effect appears to be slightly stronger with regard to more aggressive forms of the disease, say researchers from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle.

A 2-year follow-up of the REDUCE (REduction by DUtasteride of prostate Cancer Events) trial of the 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor dustasteride (Avodart) found that few new prostate cancers were detected during the follow-up period, and no deaths were reported.

Even relatively minor erectile dysfunction may signal "silent" heart disease and may indicate an increased risk of dying early from any cause, according to Australian researchers, who say they’ve conducted the world’s largest study on the link between erectile dysfunction and heart disease.