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Beyond the Abstract - Degarelix: A new approach for the treatment of prostate cancer, by Bo-Eric Persson, MD
Friday, 06 November 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists are currently the ‘standard of care’ for androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) in prostate cancer.
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Predicting unilateral prostate cancer on routine diagnostic biopsy: sextant vs extended - Abstract
Friday, 06 November 2009
Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
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Freedom from a detectable ultrasensitive prostate-specific antigen at two years after radical prostatectomy predicts a favorable clinical outcome: Analysis of the SEARCH database - Abstract
Friday, 06 November 2009
Department of Urology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California; Urology Section, Department of Surgery, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Palo Alto, California.
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Clinical utility of antioxidant gene expression levels in circulating cancer cell clusters for the detection of prostate cancer in patients with prostate-specific antigen levels of 4-10 ng/mL and disease prognostication after radical prostatectomy - Abstract
Friday, 06 November 2009
Institute for Molecular Nanotechnology, Recklinghausen, Lienen, Germany.
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Short-term outcomes of the prospective multicentre 'Prostate Cancer Research International: Active Surveillance' study - Abstract
Friday, 06 November 2009
Department of Urology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Peripheral zone sonographic changes of the prostate - Abstract
Friday, 06 November 2009
Urology Department, Urology and Nephrology Center, Mansoura, Egypt.
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Managing uncertainty about treatment decision making in early stage prostate cancer: A randomized clinical trial - Abstract
Friday, 06 November 2009
School of Nursing, University of NC at Chapel Hill, USA.
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Early PSA decrease is an independent predictive factor of clinical failure and specific survival in patients with localized prostate cancer treated by radiotherapy with or without androgen deprivation therapy - Abstract
Friday, 06 November 2009
Department of Radiation, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif.
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Editorial - Biopsy schemes with the fewest cores for detecting 95% of the prostate cancers detected by a 24-core biopsy
Thursday, 05 November 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Transrectal ultrasound with prostate biopsy (TRUS/Bx) remains the method for detection of prostate cancer (CaP) in men with an elevated PSA or abnormal digital rectal examination.
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External validation of a preoperative nomogram for prediction of the risk of recurrence after radical prostatectomy - Abstract
Thursday, 05 November 2009
Martiniclinic, Prostate Cancer Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
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Characterization of the anatomical extension pattern of localized prostate cancer arising in the peripheral zone - Abstract
Thursday, 05 November 2009
Division of Urology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
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'Prostatic evasive anterior tumours': the role of magnetic resonance imaging - Abstract
Thursday, 05 November 2009
Department of Urology and Joint, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Medical history, body size, and cigarette smoking in relation to fatal prostate cancer - Abstract
Thursday, 05 November 2009
Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, 3800 N Interstate Avenue, Portland, OR, USA.
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Robot assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy: initial tips and tricks - Abstract
Thursday, 05 November 2009
Department of Urology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Activity of dutasteride plus ketoconazole in castration-refractory prostate cancer after progression on ketoconazole alone - Abstract
Thursday, 05 November 2009
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA Tulane Cancer Center, New Orleans, LA.
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PSA bounce after prostate brachytherapy with or without neoadjuvant androgen deprivation - Abstract
Thursday, 05 November 2009
Department of Radiation Oncology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI.
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Chemo-radiation before prostate removal may prevent cancer recurrence
Wednesday, 04 November 2009
PORTLAND, OR, USA (News Release) - November 4, 2009
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Shorter radiation course as effective as standard therapy for prostate cancer recurrence
Wednesday, 04 November 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (News Release) - November 3, 2009
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Shorter radiation course stops cancer growth in high-risk prostate cancer patients
Wednesday, 04 November 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (News Release) - November 3, 2009
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Editorial - Prospective study of determinants and outcomes of deferred treatment or watchful waiting among men with prostate cancer in a nationwide cohort
Wednesday, 04 November 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - In the online edition of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Dr. William Shappley and associates reported on a prospective cohort of men with prostate cancer (CaP) who were followed with active surveillance with deferred treatment (DT) intervention.
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Full analysis of the prostatic urethra at the time of radical cystoprostatectomy for bladder cancer: impact on final disease stage - Abstract
Wednesday, 04 November 2009
Department of Pathology, Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital, GHU Est, University PMC Paris VI, Paris, France.
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Drug management of prostate cancer: Prevalence and consequences of renal insufficiency - Abstract
Wednesday, 04 November 2009
Nephrology, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
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Anti-epidermal growth factor receptor monoclonal antibody cetuximab plus doxorubicin in the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer - Abstract
Wednesday, 04 November 2009
Genitourinary Oncology Service, Department of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Center for Prostate and Urologic Cancers, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.
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The mechanism of action of estrogen in castration-resistant prostate cancer: Clues from hormone levels - Abstract
Wednesday, 04 November 2009
Urologic Oncology Program, Department of Medicine, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco.
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Public survey and survival data do not support recommendations to discontinue prostate-specific antigen screening in men at age 75 - Abstract
Wednesday, 04 November 2009
Division of Urology, Department of Surgery and Duke Prostate Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
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Urinary estrogen metabolites and prostate cancer: a case-control study and meta-analysis - Abstract
Wednesday, 04 November 2009
Department of Epidemiology, National Cancer Institute Regina Elena, Rome, Italy.
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Risk of dying from prostate cancer in men randomized to screening: differences between attendees and nonattendees - Abstract
Wednesday, 04 November 2009
Department of Urology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Goteborg, Sweden.
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Factors associated with prostate cancer patients' and their spouses' satisfaction with a family-based intervention - Abstract
Wednesday, 04 November 2009
College of Nursing, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan; School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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Late rectal toxicity after prostate brachytherapy: Influence of supplemental external beam radiation on dose-volume histogram analysis - Abstract
Wednesday, 04 November 2009
Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL.
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Task force develops new radiation guidelines for brachytherapy
Tuesday, 03 November 2009
PHILADELPHIA, PA, USA (News Release) - November 3, 2009
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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