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Six months of treatment with the targeted androgen biosynthesis inhibitor abiraterone (ZYTIGA), in addition to standard hormonal therapy before prostatectomy, eliminated or nearly eliminated cancer in one-third of men with localized high-risk prostate cancer, a recent study found.

Recent recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) advising elimination of routine PSA screening for prostate cancer in healthy men are likely to encounter serious pushback from primary care physicians, according to results of a recent survey.

In a survey conducted last month, 90.5% of U.S. oncologists reported experiencing shortages of key cancer drugs in their practices, including drugs for prostate cancer.

In patients undergoing partial nephrectomy, warm ischemia time greater than 25 minutes is associated with greater loss of kidney function, according to a recent report.

A common variant on chromosome 14 confers a 19% lower risk of bladder cancer, in part because of the variant's association with increased length of telomeres.

Elevated pretreatment androgen levels correlate with significantly better overall survival in men with castration-resistant prostate cancer, regardless of treatment, a recent post hoc analysis of a large randomized trial showed.

Recent studies suggest that nocturia has many etiologies, including urologic, metabolic, and perhaps most important, behavorial.

Drugs and devices in the pipeline from GTX Inc., Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tengion Inc., OncoGenex, and Tokai Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Phosphodiesterase type-5 inhibitors are safe and effective, alone or in combination with alpha-blockers, against lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to BPH, according to a recent systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Three fourths of patients with refractory urothelial cancer had stable disease or better response when treated with the angiogenesis inhibitor pazopanib (Votrient), Italian researchers recently reported.

Ureteroscopy has overtaken extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy as the treatment of choice for kidney stones, Canadian researchers recently reported.

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Physician opinion is divided almost evenly on the question of whether to prescribe phosphodiesterase type-5 inhibitors to patients for non-medical indications, a survey of Israeli doctors showed.

For many urologists, practice finances were worse in 2011 than they were a year earlier, and few have seen improved revenues, results of an exclusive national survey indicate.

Long-term quality of life converges to similarity for prostate cancer patients treated surgically or by radiation therapy, data from a large cohort study show.

A recent study revealed that the use of laparoendoscopic single-site surgery to perform radical nephrectomy is just as effective as conventional laparoscopic radical nephrectomy, attaining excellent surgical and post-surgical outcomes.

Urology Times asked urologists if they would use botulinum toxin to treat urinary incontinence.

In men scheduled for transrectal prostate biopsy, 70% of the fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli isolated from fecal flora represented the epidemic, multidrug-resistant ST131 strain, a recent phylogenic and virulence factor analysis found.

Findings from a study of patients who underwent surgical mesh removal over a 6-year period will hopefully help surgeons with their management decisions and counseling efforts, UCLA researchers reported at the AUA annual meeting in Atlanta.

Using manufacturing principles might seem like an odd fit for your practice, but they can help your practice move more efficiently.

In treating nocturia related to urgency, flexible-dose fesoterodine (Toviaz) demonstrates statistical superiority to placebo in several areas, according to a study presented at the AUA annual meeting here.

Men who took high-dose vitamin D prior to radical prostatectomy had significant reductions in prostate levels of the proliferation marker Ki-67 and increased expression of microRNAs associated with tumor suppression, according to a recent study from Canadian and U.S. researchers.

Internet-marketed medication purporting to be a generic form of the phosphodiesterase type-5 inhibitor Viagra (sildenafil citrate) is likely to be neither generic nor Viagra but instead is an expertly packaged mix of materials such as paint, insecticides, rat poisons, boric acid, and gypsum, according to a study presented at the AUA annual meeting in Atlanta.

Antibiotic prophylaxis appears to be beneficial in patients undergoing percutaneous nephrolithotomy.

In patients with stone disease, lowering the tube voltage set in dual-energy computed tomography by as much as 38% allowed a dose reduction without impairing stone analysis, a recent investigation showed.