Testicular cancer patients who do not respond to traditional therapy can be cured with high-dose chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant using cells harvested from the patient before the initial chemotherapy infusion, suggests a retrospective review by researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.
The use of intracytoplasmic sperm injection has increased dramatically in the United States since 1995, while the proportion of patients receiving treatment for male-factor infertility has remained stable, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine (2007; 357:251-7).
Las Vegas--Urologists are beginning to use a more extensive biopsyregimen when working up men with suspected prostate cancer. Although thisis paying off in increased disease detection, it also has raised questionsabout whether some men are being over-treated for clinically insignificantdisease.
