Beyond the Abstract - Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for the Treatment of Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome in Males: A Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study, by Reinhold Zimmermann, MD
Wednesday, 01 July 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - At a glance one could assume that this study was solely empirical – on the contrary!
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Beyond the Abstract - Effects of Once-Daily Tadalafil on Erectile Function in Men with Erectile Dysfunction and Signs and Symptoms of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, by Hartmut Porst, MD and Anne M. Wolka, PhD
Monday, 29 June 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) often suffer from lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS; BPH-LUTS) such as urinary frequency, urgency, intermittency, nocturia, straining, incomplete emptying, or weak urinary stream.
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Beyond the Abstract - Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Radical Cystoprostatectomy for Bladder Cancer with Prostatic Involvement on Final Pathology
Friday, 26 June 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Urothelial carcinoma (UC) can invade the prostate in men with bladder cancer.
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Beyond the Abstract - Oncological Results, Functional Outcomes and Health-Related Quality-of-Life in Men Who Received a Radical Prostatectomy or External Beam Radiation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer: A Study on Long-Term Patient Outcome with Risk Stratification
Thursday, 25 June 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - UroToday.com –
Posttreatment functional outcomes in patients with localized or locally advanced prostate cancer, assessed according to oncological risk stratification
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Beyond the Abstract - Prostate Cancer Gene 3 (PCA3): Development and Internal Validation of a Novel Biopsy Nomogram
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - In this paper, we investigated 809 prostate cancer patients subjected to >10 cores at initial or repeat prostate biopsy from two prospective, multi-center studies from Europe and North America.
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Beyond the Abstract - The Bone Anchor Suburethral Synthetic Sling for Iatrogenic Male Incontinence: Critical Evaluation at a Mean 3-Year Followup, by Fabrizio Gallo, MD
Friday, 19 June 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Sphincteric male incontinence affects varying numbers of patients following every type of prostatectomy.
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Beyond the Abstract - Copy Number Analysis Indicates Monoclonal Origin of Lethal Metastatic Prostate Cancer, by G. Steven Bova, MD
Thursday, 18 June 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - I was trained and board certified as a urologist (University of Virginia) and pathologist (Cornell and UVA)
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Beyond the Abstract - Zinc Levels in Seminal Plasma are Associated with Sperm Quality in Fertile and Infertile Men, by Abasalt Hosseinzadeh Colagar, MD, et al.
Wednesday, 17 June 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Insufficient intake of zinc (Zn) can impair antioxidant defenses and may be an important risk factor in oxidant release, compromising the mechanism of DNA repair, and making the sperm cell highly susceptible to oxidative damage.
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Beyond the Abstract – Dose Perturbations from Implanted Helical Gold Markers in Proton Therapy of Prostate Cancer, by A. Giebeler and P. Taddei
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Accurate targeting of diseased tissue plays a crucial role in successful external beam radiation therapy.
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Beyond the Abstract - Apocrine Sweat Gland Obstruction by Antiperspirants Allowing Transdermal Absorption of Cutaneous Generated Hormones and Pheromones as a Link to the Observed Incidence Rates of Breast and Prostate Cancer in the 20th Century
Monday, 15 June 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Prostate and breast cancer appear to be homologous cancer in males and females respectively.
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Beyond the Abstract - FOCUS on FOCIS: Combined Chemo-Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Hormone-Refractory Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Thursday, 11 June 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - The long-term goal of the Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy group at The Institute of Immunology, Charles University, 2nd Medical School is the development of dendritic cell-based cancer vaccine.
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Beyond the Abstract - The Use of Short Tandem Repeat Profiling to Characterize Human Bladder Cancer Cell Lines
Wednesday, 10 June 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - My laboratory established a series of urothelial cancer cell lines at the University of Michigan.
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Beyond the Abstract - A Novel Communication Role for CYP17A1 in the Progression of Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
Tuesday, 09 June 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - This publication describes our unique finding that the steroidogenic enzyme CYP17A1 is present in prostate derived exosomes, isolated from human serum.
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Beyond the Abstract - Optimizing Molecular Signatures for Predicting Prostate Cancer Recurrence
Monday, 08 June 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - The mortality rate for prostate cancer is declining due to improvements in earlier detection and in local therapy strategies,
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Beyond the Abstract - The Role of Liver Transplantation Techniques in the Surgical Management of Advanced Renal Urothelial Carcinoma With or Without Inferior Vena Cava Thrombus
Friday, 05 June 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) -
Advanced urothelial carcinoma of the renal pelvis
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Beyond the Abstract - Complications of Image-Guided Radiofrequency Ablation of Renal Cell Carcinoma: Causes, Imaging Features and Prevention Methods
Thursday, 04 June 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Radiofrequency (RF) ablation of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has been accepted as a minimally invasive treatment for patients who are not able to undergo surgery.
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Beyond the Abstract - Urinary Bladder Cancer: Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging--Accuracy for Diagnosing T Stage and Estimating Histologic Grade
Wednesday, 03 June 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - The usefulness of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) for depicting malignant tumors and an apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) value for characterizing the grade of tumor has been suggested recently.
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Beyond the Abstract - The Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Targeting Prostate Cancer in Patients with Previous Negative Biopsies and Elevated Prostate-Specific Antigen Levels
Tuesday, 02 June 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - In this recent review we highlight the important role of MRI in assisting in the detection of prostate cancer (CaP) in men with previous negative biopsies and elevated prostate-specific antigen levels.
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Beyond the Abstract - How African American Men Decide Whether or Not to get Prostate Cancer Screening
Monday, 01 June 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) -
Prostate Cancer Screening among African Americans
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Beyond the Abstract - Molecular Analyte Profiling of the Early Events and Tissue Conditioning Following Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Therapy in Patients With Superficial Bladder Cancer
Friday, 29 May 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Since the work of Morales et al. in 1976, BCG therapy has been the standard of care for superficial transitional cell carcinoma.
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Beyond the Abstract - Tadalafil in the Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction
Thursday, 28 May 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - This updated review of tadalafil, one of the three available phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitors that revolutionized the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED), analyzes its latest clinical studies.
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Beyond the Abstract - Is it Time to Consider a Role for MRI Before Prostate Biopsy?
Thursday, 28 May 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - The prevailing view is that MRI has a limited role in the management of prostate cancer.
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Beyond the Abstract - Simultaneous Quantification of Perfusion and Permeability in the Prostate Using Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging with an Inversion-Prepared Dual-Contrast Sequence
Wednesday, 27 May 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - The dynamic contrast-enhanced dynamic susceptibility contrast magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-DSC-MRI) technique presented in the article(1) is based on a novel dual-contrast sequence.
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Beyond the Abstract - Erectile Dysfunction Might Be Associated With Chronic Periodontal Disease: Two Ends of the Cardiovascular Spectrum
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Together with Drs. Heruti, Bechor, Justo and Galor, we studied 815 Israeli male adults of whom 305 had complete data and were included in the statistical analysis.
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Beyond the Abstract - High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound for Localized Prostate Cancer: Initial Experience with a 2-Year Follow-Up
Monday, 25 May 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) -
High fall for HIFU?
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Beyond the Abstract - Internal Audit of a Comprehensive IMRT Program for Prostate Cancer: A Model for Centers in Developing Countries?
Friday, 22 May 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) -During the last economic boom of 2003-2007, cancer centers in second and third-tier countries across the globe made significant investments in radiotherapy infrastructure, acquiring state–of-the-art technologies such as intensity modulated radiotherapy, image-guided radiotherapy, proton therapy and stereotactic radiotherapy, to mention a few.
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Beyond the Abstract - Sensitivity to NNKOAc is Associated with Renal Cancer Risk
Wednesday, 20 May 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Cigarette smoking is a major risk factor for renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
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Beyond the Abstract - Intraoperative Radioguidance with a Portable Gamma Camera: A Novel Technique for Laparoscopic Sentinel Node Localisation in Urological Malignancies
Monday, 18 May 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Our first results of sentinel node mapping with intraoperative radioguidance in urological tumors are described in our abstract.
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Beyond the Abstract - Relationships Between Total/Free Prostate-Specific Antigen and Prostate Volume in Chinese Men with Biopsy-Proven Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Friday, 15 May 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - The most common issue in clinical urology related to PSA and PV has been the utility of PSA density (PSAD) to improve the sensitivity of PSA for detecting prostate cancer.
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Beyond the Abstract - Dosimetric Equivalence of Nonstandard HDR Brachytherapy Catheter Patterns
Wednesday, 13 May 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Robotic and medical imaging technology has made leaps and bounds over the past few decades, and the practice of brachytherapy should take advantage of these advances.
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Beyond the Abstract - Cross-Linked Polydimethylsiloxane Injection for Female Stress Urinary Incontinence: Results of a Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled, Single-Blind Study
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Macroplastique® was compared to Contigen® in a non-inferiority study design in 247 women (122 vs. 125 respectively) with intrinsic sphincter deficiency.
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Beyond the Abstract - Diagnostic Evaluation of PSA Recurrence and Review of Hormonal Management After Radical Prostatectomy
Monday, 11 May 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - At present, no consensus exists on how patients with PSA recurrence after radical prostatectomy (RP) should be treated.
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Beyond the Abstract - Diagnostic Accuracy of Transitional Cell Carcinoma on Multidetector Computerized Tomography Urography in Patients With Gross Hematuria
Friday, 08 May 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Our current study proves that multidetector computerized tomography urography (MDCTU) is sensitive and accurate for transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the urinary tract in hematuria patients.
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Beyond the Abstract - Regulation of Prostate Cancer Progression by Galectin-3
Wednesday, 06 May 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Prostate cancer has posed a major public health problem in the United States and worldwide.
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