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The program on advanced prostate cancer at the 2012 AUA annual meeting will include maturing data from clinical trials investigating targeted and vaccine therapies, as well as some preliminary information suggesting that folate may have a chemopreventive effect.

While cost remains a concern, incorporating robotics into urologic laparoscopy appears to improve the experience for patients and physicians alike.

Outcomes for men with prostate cancer are strongly related to risk category according to clinical stage, Gleason score, and serum PSA, and there is a continuous risk of death from the disease up to 15 years after diagnosis.

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Minimally invasive radical prostatectomy (MIRP), which encompasses laparoscopic and robot-assisted procedures, holds no advantage over open radical prostatectomy in terms of complication rates.

Observational data fail to support a role of 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors (5-ARIs) for secondary prevention of clinically significant prostate cancer in men with very low-risk disease.

There will always be a place for laboratory research in andrology, but the past year has been one of surgical advancements for those who diagnose and treat male infertility.

Low-dose computed tomography scans reduce radiation exposure while maintaining diagnostic quality in patients with stage I testicular germ cell tumors being managed with surveillance following orchiectomy.

Stone disease and minimally invasive treatment approaches are once again leading issues in the pediatric urology section of the 2012 AUA annual meeting.

The 2012 AUA annual meeting will reflect incremental progress occurring in the management of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) secondary to BPH, as well as emerging information about the epidemiology and underlying biology of the disease process.

Dose titration of the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor inhibitor axitinib (Inlyta) to achieve therapeutic blood levels may be required for patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma to derive optimal benefit from the drug as second-line therapy.

Several abstracts from this year's AUA annual meeting suggest that, just as bacteria alter their host environment to their benefit, treatments for infection and inflammation may counter by changing the host environment to pathogens' detriment.

Urologists agree that PSA screening will be the hot topic at the AUA annual meeting in Atlanta.

The FDA recently issued a complete response letter for Amgen Inc.'s supplemental Biologics License Application for the RANK ligand inhibitor denosumab (XGEVA) to treat men with castration-resistant prostate cancer at high risk of developing bone metastases.

Uroplasty, Inc., has announced that Novitas Solutions (formerly Highmark Medicare Services) informed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that it has retired the non-coverage provisions concerning posterior tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS) from its local coverage determination effective for services incurred on or after April 9, 2012.

Urologists tied for fourth in salary in a recent survey of physician specialists.

The FDA recently approved new treatments for erectile dysfunction and renal angiomyolipomas, and a previously approved agent for overactive bladder has been launched.

Curious about how the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's recently drafted recommendation against routine PSA screening for prostate cancer at any age would affect clinical practice, investigators at the University of Chicago Medical Center and UCLA studied the effect of a 2008 task force recommendation against screening in men aged 75 years or older and found there was none.

Excess body weight may be associated with an increased risk for cancer recurrence in men with clinically localized prostate cancer, according to a study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting in Chicago.

A recently announced joint strategic partnership between the American College of Surgeons and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention aims to combine expertise and resources to track, report, and prevent surgical-site infections (SSIs) and other adverse outcomes among surgical patients.

Bladder cancer patients receiving low doses of chemotherapy combined with radiotherapy were nearly 50% less likely to relapse with muscle-invasive disease compared with patients given radiotherapy alone, a recent study found.

Kidney cancer patients who underwent partial nephrectomy experienced better survival than patients who underwent radical nephrectomy, report researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor.

High-intensity focused ultrasound offers significantly fewer side effects in treating prostate cancer than traditional treatments, according to a recent study.

Nearly half of radical prostatectomies now involve a minimally invasive approach, according to a large study comparing minimally invasive radical prostatectomy (MIRP) with open retropubic radical prostatectomy from 2003 to 2007.

On March 22, the GOP-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal the controversial Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), established by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) now being challenged in the U.S. Supreme Court, and intended to provide a mechanism to control increasing Medicare costs.

The number of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) who are ineligible for clinical trials is high, and their clinical outcomes are inferior to those who are trial eligible.

If you're like many urologists, managing collections is becoming an increasingly important-and none-too-pleasant- aspect of running your practice's business.

Many urologists are embarking on practice-changing moves, including forming new alliances with area hospitals or other practices and gearing up for participation in accountable care organizations (ACOs).