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Proton therapy is well-tolerated in prostate cancer patients
Tuesday, 03 November 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (News Release) - November 3, 2009
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Adding proton therapy “boost” to x-ray radiation therapy reduces prostate cancer recurrences
Tuesday, 03 November 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (News Release) - November 3, 2009
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AUA WS 2009 - Impact of surgical technique (open vs. laparoscopic vs. robotic-assisted) on pathological and biochemical outcomes following radical prostatectomy: An analysis using propensity score matching - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 03 November 2009
LAS VEGAS, NV, USA (UroToday.com) - In his presentation, Dr. Mark Gonzalgo, from Baltimore, MD and Stanford, CA examined the impact of surgical technique on outcomes following RP using propensity scoring.
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AUA WS 2009 - Impact of positive surgical margins after RALP on biochemical recurrence - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 03 November 2009
LAS VEGAS, NV, USA (UroToday.com) - In this session, the impact of positive surgical margins after robotic assisted radical prostatectomy (RALP) on biochemical recurrence was discussed.
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Less-restrictive, patient-specific radiation safety precautions can be safely prescribed after permanent seed implantation - Abstract
Tuesday, 03 November 2009
Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.
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Prostatic-specific antigen velocity after holmium laser enucleation of the prostate: Possible predictor for the assessment of treatment effect durability for benign prostatic hyperplasia and detection of malignancy - Abstract
Tuesday, 03 November 2009
Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Meat and meat-related compounds and risk of prostate cancer in a large prospective cohort study in the United States - Abstract
Tuesday, 03 November 2009
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Increased expression of androgen receptor sensitizes prostate cancer cells to low levels of androgens - Abstract
Tuesday, 03 November 2009
Laboratory of Cancer Genetics, Institute of Medical Technology, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
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A novel experimental heme oxygenase-1-targeted therapy for hormone-refractory prostate cancer - Abstract
Tuesday, 03 November 2009
Department of Medicine, Lady Davis Institute of Medical Research, Segal Cancer Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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A virtual fluoroscopy system to verify seed positioning accuracy during prostate permanent seed implants - Abstract
Tuesday, 03 November 2009
Department of Radiation Oncology, The Cancer Therapy and Research Center at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA.
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Simple prophylactic procedure of inguinal hernia after radical retropubic prostatectomy: isolation of the spermatic cord - Abstract
Tuesday, 03 November 2009
Department of Urology, Toride Kyodo General Hospital, Toride, Ibaraki, Japan.
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Penile length shortening after radical prostatectomy: Men's responses - Abstract
Tuesday, 03 November 2009
627-110, Adamar Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 3M3, Canada.
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Therapeutic management of de novo urological malignancy in renal transplant recipients - Abstract
Tuesday, 03 November 2009
Department of Urology, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Pellegrin-Tripode, 33000, Bordeaux, France.
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A real-time prostate cancer detection technique using needle insertion force and patient-specific criteria during percutaneous intervention - Abstract
Tuesday, 03 November 2009
Department of Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA.
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AUA WS 2009 - Utility of ultra-sensitive PSA kinetics in predicting standard PSA doubling time: Analysis from the SEARCH and Stanford Database - Session Highlights
Monday, 02 November 2009
LAS VEGAS, NV, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. James Yu, representing researchers from the SEARCH database, discussed utility of ultrasensitive PSA kinetics in predicting standard PSA doubling time (PSADT).
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AUA WS 2009 - PSA velocity as a predictor of prostate cancer by racial category - Session Highlights
Monday, 02 November 2009
LAS VEGAS, NV, USA (UroToday.com) - In his presentation, Dr. George Kallingal from Honolulu, HI presented on PSA velocity as a predictor of prostate cancer by racial category.
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AUA releases statement clarifying prostate cancer testing recommendations
Monday, 02 November 2009
LINTHICUM, MD, USA (Press Release) - November 2, 2009
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AUA WS 2009 - Active surveillance for men with intermediate risk prostate cancer - Session Highlights
Monday, 02 November 2009
LAS VEGAS, NV, USA (UroToday.com) - Harras Zaid from UCSF presented data on active surveillance (AS) for men with intermediate risk prostate cancer.
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AUA WS 2009 - Financial implications of active surveillance for prostate cancer: The impact of delayed active treatment versus initial treatment - Session Highlights
Monday, 02 November 2009
LAS VEGAS, NV, USA (UroToday.com) - This was the first of two presentations that addressed active surveillance (AS) for prostate cancer.
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Short-term hormone therapy added to radiation increases survival for medium-risk, but not low-risk, prostate cancer patients
Monday, 02 November 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (News Release) - November 2, 2009
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BJUI Mini Reviews - Key targets of hormonal treatment of prostate cancer. Part 2: The androgen receptor and 5α-reductase
Monday, 02 November 2009
The objective of this review is to provide an understanding of the pharmacological properties and the potential clinical benefits of 5AR inhibition in prostate cancer treatment.
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Robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy: a review of current outcomes - Abstract
Monday, 02 November 2009
Global Robotics Institute, Florida Hospital Celebration Health, University of Central Florida School of Medicine, Celebration, FL 34747, USA.
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Exposure of treating physician to radiation during prostate brachytherapy - Abstract
Monday, 02 November 2009
Department of Radiooncology, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
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Chemopreventive potential of curcumin in prostate cancer - Abstract
Monday, 02 November 2009
Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du Cancer, Hôpital Kirchberg, 9 rue Edward Steichen, 2540, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
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The role of spirituality in the relationship between religiosity and depression in prostate cancer patients - Abstract
Monday, 02 November 2009
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
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Association between plasma total cholesterol concentration and incident prostate cancer in the CLUE II cohort - Abstract
Monday, 02 November 2009
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe St. E6132, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
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Weekly administration of docetaxel and epirubicin as first-line treatment for hormone-refractory prostate carcinoma - Abstract
Monday, 02 November 2009
Department of Oncology, Center for Experimental and Clinical Oncology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
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Prostate cancer treatment patterns among racial/ethnic groups in Florida - Abstract
Monday, 02 November 2009
Florida A&M University College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tallahassee, Florida 32312, USA.
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Editorial - Is the incidence of uretero-intestinal anastomotic stricture increased in patients undergoing radical cystectomy with previous pelvic radiation?
Friday, 30 October 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - In the online edition of the British Journal of Urology, the Department of Urology at the University of Miami reported on the impact of prior pelvic radiotherapy (XRT) on the occurrence of uretero-intestinal anastomosis (UIA) stricture at subsequent urinary diversion.
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BJUI Mini Reviews - Robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy: A review of current outcomes
Friday, 30 October 2009
This review provides an examination of the perioperative, oncological and functional outcomes of the largest RALP series recently published.
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Focus on Prostate Cancer

Focus on Prostate Cancer condenses a selection of compelling and relevant science - on topic and chosen by the UroToday.com editorial staff.






Meet the Expert - Matthew R. Smith Meet the Expert - Laurence Klotz Prostate Cancer - Prognostic Nomograms - Written by Ricardo Sanchez-Ortiz, MD Please visit UroToday.com's newly launched technology centers featuring the latest science relating to cryoablation, high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), PCA3 and stents. Impact of Surgeon and Hospital Volume on Outcomes of Radical Prostatectomy - Editorial A Novel Communication Role for CYP17A1 in the Progression of Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer - Beyond the Abstract Aberrant ERG Expression Cooperates with Loss of PTEN to Promote Cancer Progression in the Prostate - Editorial PCPT: Evidence That Finasteride Reduces Risk of Most Frequently Detected Intermediate- And High-Grade (Gleason Score 6 and 7) Cancer - Editorial Successful Early Prostate Cancer Screening by Three-Dimensional Color Doppler Imaging-Transrectal Ultrasound: A Prospective Study - UroToday International Journal EAU Position Statement on Screening for Prostate Cancer - News Release A Broader Role for 5ARIs in Prostate Disease? Existing Evidence and Emerging Benefits - Editorial Prostate Cancer: A Serious Disease Suitable for Prevention - BJUI Mini Reviews Phase I/II Trial of Docetaxel and Concurrent Radiation Therapy in Localized High Risk Prostate Cancer (AGUSG 03-10) - Beyond the Abstract Patient Anxiety About Prostate Cancer Independently Predicts Early Initiation of Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Biochemical Cancer Recurrence in Older Men: A Prospective Cohort Study - Editorial - Editor's Pick A 1-Year, Open Label, Randomized Phase II Dose Finding Study of Degarelix for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer in North America - Beyond the Abstract - Editor's Pick Prostate-Speciﬁc Antigen Kinetics in Localized and Advanced Prostate Cancer - BJUI Mini Reviews Predicting Prostate Cancer Risk Through Incorporation of Prostate Cancer Gene 3 - Editorial HIV and Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review of the Literature - Editorial - Editor's Pick Prostate Cancer Detection Rate in Patients with Repeated Extended 21-Sample Needle Biopsy - Editorial Obesity-Related Plasma Hemodilution and PSA Concentration among Men with Prostate Cancer - Editorial - Editor's Pick Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer and the Risk of Cardiovascular Mortality - Editorial - Editor's Pick Mechanism of Neuroendocrine Differentiation in Prostate Cancer: BMP6-Macrophage-IL6 Loop via Obligatory Involvement of Both Smad-Dependent and -Independent Pathway - UroToday International Journal Secondary Therapy In Localized Prostate Cancer: Results From The Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study - UroToday International Journal Management of the Side Effects of Androgen Deprivation Therapy in Men with Prostate Cancer - Beyond the Abstract Sexually Transmissible Infections and Prostate Cancer Risk - Beyond the Abstract Serum Calcium and Incident and Fatal Prostate Cancer in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey - Beyond the Abstract - Editor's Pick Prostate Cancer Diagnosis in High Risk Patients The Finasteride Challenge Trial - UroToday International Journal
SIU Satellite Symposium 2007 Advanced Prostate Cancer: Current Status, Controversies, and Future Directions By Fred Saad, MD, FRCS Bone Metastases Module By Edward Chow MBBS, PhD, FRCPC Accompanying Case Studies A 64 year old retired pharmacist presents to his primary care physician with complaints of urinary urgency and frequency of 6 months duration and of increasingly severe low back and right hip pain of 3 months duration. A 73 year old retired commericial fisherman was diagnosed 3 years ago with a Stage IV [Gleason 3 + 3(6)] prostate cancer with bone being the only site of metastases. A 55 year old woman presents to her primary care physician with occasional gross painless hematuria for 4 months. A 59 year old male had a diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma of the left kidney made 2 years ago after presenting with flank pain and hematuria.
Prostate Cancer In Conferences VI Maratona Urológica do Rio de Janeiro - View Prostate Cancer Session Highlights VI Maratona Urológica do Rio de Janeiro - View Prostate Cancer Slide Presentations American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2009 Annual Meeting - View Prostate Cancer Session Highlights American Urological Association (AUA) 2009 Annual Meeting - View Prostate Cancer Session Highlights Post Prostatectomy Incontinence Study - SUFU 2009 - Highlight of a Presentation by Victor W. Nitti, MD Open, Laparoscopic and Robotic Prostatectomy: Much Ado About Nothing? - WUF 2009 - Lecture Presented by Christopher P. Evans, MD, FACS Society of Urologic Oncology (SUO) 9th Annual Winter Meeting - View Prostate Cancer Session Highlights Options in Prostate Cancer Surgery: Perineal Prostatectomy in the Age of Minimally Invasive Surgery - Masters in Urology 2008 - Slide Presentation Options in Prostate Cancer Surgery: Perineal Prostatectomy in the Age of Minimally Invasive Surgery - Masters in Urology 2008 - Slide Presentation Advances in the Treatment of Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer - Masters in Urology 2008 - Session Highlight The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - 50th Annual Meeting - ASTRO 2008 - Prostate Cancer Abstracts American Society of Clinical Oncology - 44th Annual Meeting - ASCO 2008 - Prostate Cancer Abstracts The American Urological Association 2008 Annual Meeting - AUA 2008 Prostate Cancer Session Highlights Engineering and Urology Society - 23rd Annual Meeting - EUS 2008 - Prostate Cancer Abstracts High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer - AUA NY Section 2007 - Multimedia Presentation The Anterior Layer of Denonvilliers’ Fascia: A Common Misconception in the Laparoscopic Prostatectomy Literature - AUA NY Section 2007 - Multimedia Presentation