AUA 2009 - Technology & Instruments: Surgical Education & Skills Assessment - Long-Distance Tele-Mentoring: Prospective Trial in Training Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy - Session Highlights
Thursday, 30 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - The researchers in Canada report this first ever telementoring program for learning LRP between Hamilton and London, Ontario.
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AUA 2009 - Technology & Instruments: Surgical Education & Skills Assessment - Comparison of the Learning Curves for Open and Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy: An International Multicenter Study - Session Highlights
Thursday, 30 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - There has been considerable debate as to the number of cases necessary to complete the learning curve for laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP).
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AUA 2009 - The Leaky Bladder Post-Prostatectomy - SUFU Meeting - Session Highlights
Friday, 05 June 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) -
Incontinence After RRP – When It’s not the Sphincter
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Localized - Do Patients with Positive Surgical Margins at Radical Prostatectomy with Further Negative Resected Tissue Behave Like Patients with Negative Margins? - Session Highlights
Thursday, 30 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - These researchers sought to determine if patients with positive surgical margins on the prostate specimen who have additional negative tissue resected from that site behave like patients with negative margins.
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AUA 2009 - The Obstructed Bladder after External Radiation Therapy (XRT) - SUFU Meeting - Session Highlights
Friday, 05 June 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Timothy Boone presented on the obstructed bladder following radiation therapy for prostate cancer.
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Localized - When to Perform an Intrafascial Nerve Sparing Approach without Compromising Cancer Control: Results of a High Volume Single Surgeon Series - Session Highlights
Thursday, 30 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - These presenters report on intrafascial bilateral nerve sparing radical retropubic prostatectomy (ifBNSRRP), a technique shown to achieve good functional results.
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Localized - Salvage Therapy Using High Intensity Focused Ultrasound for Local Recurrence of Prostate Cancer After Radiation Therapy - Session Highlights
Thursday, 30 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - These investigators evaluated the use of high intensity gocused ultrasound
(HIFU) for prostate cancer salvage therapy following radiation failure.
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Localized - Safety and Feasibility of Nerve-Sparing During Radical Prostatectomy in Men with Multiple Biopsy Cores of Gleason 6 - Session Highlights
Thursday, 30 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - This team evaluated a group of patients with Gleason 6 in 4 or more cores of predominantly 12-core biopsies
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Detection & Screening - 20-25% Lower PSA Values with PSA Test Standardization to the WHO Reference Material - Summary of 4 Studies in 1100 Patients - Session Highlights
Thursday, 30 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - This research sought to examine the potential clinical implications of the recalibration of total prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and free PSA (fPSA) assays to the World Health Organization (WHO) standard materials.
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Detection & Screening - Feasibility of the PCA3 Urine Test in a Community Based Screening Setting - Session Highlights
Thursday, 30 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - PCA3 is a new diagnostic test that is increasingly used in clinical practice. Its feasibility and performance has not been evaluated in a true screening population.
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Detection & Screening - Free PSA Cutoff Values for Men Undergoing Initial Extended Scheme Prostate Biopsy - Session Highlights
Thursday, 30 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - These investigators evaluated the ability of %fPSA to predict the presence of cancer in 1081 men who underwent initial prostate biopsy using an extended biopsy scheme (median number of cores = 12).
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Detection & Screening - Prostate Cancer Detection Using a Novel Computerized Three-Dimensional Prostate Biopsy Template (Targetscan™): Results of a Mulitcenter Prospective Data Registry - Session Highlights
Thursday, 30 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - This group tested the use of a computerized three-dimensional template system to optimize prostate cancer detection and improve reproducibility between operators.
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Markers - Potential For Increase In Screening Interval Based On Initial PSA: Data From The Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, And Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial - Session Highlights
Thursday, 30 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Prostate cancer screening is controversial, however screening is performed commonly and usually occurs on an annual basis.
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Markers - Urokinase-Plasminogen-Activator Receptor (uPA-R) Expression In Disseminated Tumor Cells In The Bone Marrow And Peripheral Blood In Patients With Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer - Session Highlights
Thursday, 30 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Christian Thomas and colleagues from Mainz, Germany report an initial prospective trial examining urokinase-plasminogen-activator receptor (uPA-R) expression in disseminated tumor cells from the bone marrow and peripheral blood
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AUA 2009 - Technology and Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy - Positive Surgical Margins and Their Locations Following Robot Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy: A Multi-Institutional Study - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - This is the largest multi-institutional study to date to look at positive surgical margins (PSMs) of the robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP).
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AUA 2009 - Technology and Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy - An Analysis Of The Causes Of Bladder Neck Contracture After Open And Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - This is the largest multi-institutional study to date to look at positive surgical margins (PSMs) of the robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP).
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AUA 2009 - State-of-the-Art Lecture - Advanced Imaging for Prostate and Kidney Cancers - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Jean de la Rosette presented critical information on imaging in prostate and kidney tumors.
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AUA 2009 - New Approaches to Management of Cancer Invasiveness: Personalized Therapy and Drug Discovery in Urologic Cancer - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Dan Theodorescu presented the concept of personalized cancer therapy.
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AUA 2009 - AUA Best Practice Statement on Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Peter Carroll presented the AUA practice guidelines regarding PSA.
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AUA 2009 - Technology & Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy - Hypothermic Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Impact on Recovery of Continence - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - The Technology & Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy (II) session was rich with new technological developments for minimally invasive therapy.
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AUA 2009 - Point-Counterpoint: The Timing of Radiation Therapy for Margin-Positive Disease After Radical Prostatectomy - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Jerome Richie argued for early radiotherapy (XRT) for patients with positive surgical margins after radical prostatectomy (RP).
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AUA 2009 - Panel Discussion: Should Intermittent Androgen Ablation be the Standard of Care for Advanced Prostate Cancer? - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) -
Dr. Anthony Zietman provided the radiation oncology view regarding IAB in the treatment of advanced prostate cancer.
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AUA 2009 - Technology & Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy - Robot-Assisted MRI-Guided Prostatic Interventions - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - The application of robotic technology continues to be developed and refined for urologic surgery.
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Localized - Clinical Results of Long Term Follow-Up in a Large Active Surveillance Cohort - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Since 1995, a prospective phase II single arm cohort study of active surveillance was offered to men with favorable risk prostate cancer at the researchers’ institution.
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AUA 2009 - Technology & Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy - Analgesic Use in Open Versus Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy is currently the most common treatment for localized prostate cancer.
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Localized - Risk Stratification of Men Choosing Surveillance for Low Risk Prostate Cancer - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - This study sought to predict an unfavorable biopsy in men on prostate cancer surveillance.
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AUA 2009 - New Approaches to Management of Cancer Invasiveness: The Circulating Tumor Cells - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Robert Vessella discussed disseminated and circulating tumor cells (CTCs).
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AUA 2009 - New Approaches to Management of Cancer Invasiveness: The Bone Marrow Environment - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Kenneth Pienta reviewed the bone marrow environment in prostate cancer (CaP).
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Localized - Improved Overall Survival in Healthy Patients Who Received Radical Prostatectomy Than Radiation Therapy - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - This study compared the overall survival outcomes of radical prostatectomy (RP) and radiotherapy (RT) while controlling for co-morbidities and the definition of biochemical failure.
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AUA 2009 - Société Internationale d’Urologie (SIU) Lecture - Lymph Node Dissection in Urologic Cancers: Treatment or Staging Only - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Professor Joachim Thuroff discussed lymph node dissection (LND) in urologic cancers.
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Localized - Improved Survival in Prostate Cancer Patients with Positive Lymph Nodes During Radical Prostatectomy-the Advantage of Completed Surgery - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - These researchers analyzed the overall and cancer-specific survival in patients with prostate cancer and positive pelvic nodes with abandoned or completed radical prostatectomy.
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Localized - Prostate Cancer Mortality Outcomes Following Surgery, Radiation Therapy, or Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Prostate Cancer: A Risk-Adjusted Analysis of a Large, Multicenter Cohort - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - This research group analyzed risk-adjusted cancer-specific mortality (CSM) for men undergoing radical prostatectomy (RP), external-beam radiation therapy (EBRT), or primary androgen deprivation therapy (PADT).
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AUA 2009 - State-of-the-Art Lecture - Diet and Lifestyle Changes and Prostate Cancer - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. William Aronson, UCLA presented what we need to understand regarding the influence of diet and lifestyle on prostate cancer (CaP).
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Localized - Impact of Salvage Androgen Deprivation Therapy on Overall Survival in Men with Biochemical Recurrence After Radical Prostatectomy - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Androgen deprivation is occasionally administered as salvage therapy (SAD) after biochemical recurrence (BR), but it is unknown whether SAD increases overall survival (OS), and if so, the subgroup most likely to benefit.
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Basic Research - Urine and Serum Levels of IL-18 Binding Protein is Associated with Tumor Status - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - A cytokine antibody array was previously applied to prostatic fluid obtained from patients with prostate cancer, and interleukin 18 binding protein a (IL-18Bpa), a potent inhibitor of interleukin 18 secreted mainly by monocytes was noted to be significantly upregulated in cases with large volume disease.
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Basic Research - Src Family Kinase Inhibitor AZD0530 Inhibits GRP Mediated Androgen-Independent Growth and Migration Possibly Through Both Androgen and Androgen Receptor - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Neuropeptides such as gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) confer androgen-independent (AI) growth of LNCaP cells through binding to G protein coupled receptors on the cell surface.
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Basic Research - Stem Cell Markers are Up Regulated in Prostate Cancer Cells by Androgen Deprivation During Progression Towards Androgen Independence - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - This study investigated changes in expression of genes related to prostate tumor progression and the cancer stem cell concept in 2 models of androgen-independent prostate cancer.
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Basic Research - Elevated c-MYC Expression in Primary Prostate Tumor Predicts Biochemical Recurrence - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - These investigators studied the quantitative expression of c-MYC and PTEN as a prognostic features in primary prostate cancer and the relationship between c-MYC and ERG.
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Basic Research - Loss of Epithelial Androgen Receptor Promotes Prostate Cancer Progression - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Neuropeptides such as gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) confer androgen-independent (AI) growth of LNCaP cells through binding to G protein coupled receptors on the cell surface.
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Basic Research - Prostate Cancer Promotes CD11b Positive Cells to Differentiate Into Osteoclasts - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - This presentation investigated factors secreted by prostate cancer cells to determine the cellular and humoral mechanisms by which osteoclast formation is induced by metastatic prostate cancer cells within the tumor microenvironment.
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Basic Research - Serum Levels of Prostate Specific Antigen in Endstage Renal Patients and the Effect of Hemodialysis on its Levels - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - The use of total PSA (tPSA), percent fPSA to tPSA (%fPSA) is often referenced to enhance discrimination of benign disorders from prostate cancer, but its diagnostic validity is uncertain in hemodialysis patients.
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Detection & Screening - Preoperative Leuprolide May Affect Potency Following Nerve-Sparing Radical Prostatectomy - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - This study sought to compare the continence and potency rates in patients who underwent bilateral nerve sparing prostatectomy with or without pre-operative leuprolide (LU) therapy.
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Basic Research - TGFβ-Induced Expression of Vimentin Predicts Prostate Cancer Recurrence Which is Independent of Pathological Stage - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Previously, this group of researchers reported that TGF-β-mediated expression of vimentin occurring in prostate cancer cells confers an aggressive phenotype.
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Detection & Screening - Trial of Empiric Antibiotics Prior to Recommending Biopsy for PSA Elevation Helps Stratify Prostate Cancer Risk - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - PSA can be elevated due to prostate cancer, benign enlargement or inflammation.
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Advanced - Influence of Serum Testosterone Level and Body Mass Index on Survival in Men Treated with Immediate Versus Deferred Androgen Deprivation for Node-Positive Prostate Cancer After Prostatectomy and Pelvic Lymphadenectomy - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - This study evaluated the impact of baseline serum testosterone (T) levels and body mass index (BMI) on overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), and prostate cancer-specific (PCS) mortality in men treated with immediate versus deferred androgen deprivation therapy (ADT)
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Advanced - What are the Outcomes of Radical Prostatectomy for High-Risk Prostate Cancer? - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - High-risk prostate cancer features present in up to one-third of men. This study evaluated the long-term survival in this population after radical prostatectomy.
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Advanced - Causes of Death in Patients with Screen-Detected Prostate Cancer - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Prostate cancer screening is controversial and the lead-time in diagnosis is 7-10 years.
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Advanced - Zoledronic Acid is Cost Effective for the Prevention of Skeletal-Related Events in Patients with Prostate Cancer and Bone Metastases in France and Germany - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - This presentation assessed the cost effectiveness of Zoledronic acid (ZOL) from a French and German healthcare perspective.
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Localized - Bilateral Perineural Invasion in Patients with Prostate Cancer Predicts Significantly Decreased Five Year Biochemical Disease Free Survival after Brachytherapy - Session Highlights
Monday, 27 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - The purpose of this study was to evaluate the significance of perineural invasion (PNI) in patients treated with radiation therapy.
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Localized - Primary Full Gland Prostate Cryoablation: Updated Results from 3209 Patients Tracked with the Cold Registry - Session Highlights
Monday, 27 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - The updated outcomes of primary full gland prostate cryoablation at a large number of academic and community centers
which have participated in the Cryo On-Line Database (COLD) is reported in this presentation.
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