AUA 2008 - Late Breaking News: Exciting Developments at the FDA
Tuesday, 27 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach discussed developments at the FDA.
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Beyond the Abstract - Medical Malpractice in American Urology: 22-Year National Review of the Impact of Caps and Implications for Contemporary Practice
Tuesday, 27 May 2008 BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Many aspects of healthcare in the United States remain problematic and the subject of significant debate, including providing access to care for nearly 50 million uninsured people and controlling sky-rocketing spending currently in excess of $2.3 trillion annually (16% of the gross domestic product.
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AUA 2008 - Advances in Imaging for Urologic Oncology
Monday, 26 May 2008 ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr. Gill discussed imaging advances for urologic oncology.
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AUA 2008 - The Future of Urologic Oncology: Peril and Promise
Monday, 26 May 2008 ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr. Lange presented the Ramon Guiteras lecture.
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AUA 2008 - State-of-the-Art Lecture: What are the Most Important Ongoing Clinical Trials in Urologic Oncology Worldwide?
Wednesday, 21 May 2008 ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr. E. David Crawford presented information on challenges facing clinical trials from SWOG, ECOG and CALGB.
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AUA 2008 - Concomitant Microscopic Tumor Deposits Accompanying Overt Testicular Cancer
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Are we leaving cancer behind?
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AUA 2008 - Excellent Long-Term Oncological Outcome After Elective Testis-Sparing Surgery for Leydig Cell Tumors: A Single-Centre Experience with 19 Cases
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - The authors routinely perform testis-sparing surgery for impalpable hypoechoic testicular masses.
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AUA 2008 - Primary vs. Postchemotherapy Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection for Germ Cell and Testicular Cancer: Inter-and Postoperative Complications
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - The authors examined their series of 216 patients with testis cancer who underwent retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND).
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AUA 2008 - The Total Number of Retroperitoneal Lymph Nodes Resected Impacts Clinical Outcomes Following Chemotherapy for Metastatic Testicular Cancer
Monday, 19 May 2008 ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) -
Carver and colleagues tested the hypothesis that lymph node count following post-chemo RPLND (PC-RPLND) is an indicator of surgical quality and correlates with outcome.
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AUA 2008 - Quality of Surveillance for Stage 1 Testis Cancer in the Community
Monday, 19 May 2008 ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) -
As part of the Urologic Diseases in America Project, the authors evaluated compliance with surveillance protocols for Stage I testis cancer in the community setting.
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AUA 2008 - Increased Risk of Secondary Malignancy in Patients on Active Surveillance for NSGCT
Monday, 19 May 2008 ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) -
Standard treatment strategies that include chemotherapy, retroperitoneal lymph node dissection, and active surveillance for Stage I non-seminomatous germ cell tumors (NSGCT) afford similar oncologic outcomes.
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AUA 2008 - Society of Urologic Oncology Meeting - Chemoprevention in 2008 – What I Recommend to Patients
Saturday, 17 May 2008 ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr. Andriole addressed chemoprevention. Chemoprevention in prostate cancer is primarily approached with 5-α reductase inhibitors.
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AUA 2008 - SBUR and SUO Joint Meeting - The Identification and Functional Evaluation of Small, Non-Coding RNAs in the Regulation of Complex Biological Processes
Saturday, 17 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr. Robinson discussed that small non-coding RNAs are important in the regulation of complex biological processes.
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AUA 2008 - SBUR and SUO Joint Meeting - The Coffey Lectureship - Heat Shock Protein 90: A Molecular Chaperone as Anti-Cancer Molecular Target
Saturday, 17 May 2008 ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr. Neckers discussed Hsp90 as a cancer target. Heat shock proteins are involved in protein synthesis.
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AUA 2008 - SBUR and SUO Joint Meeting - Clinical and Translational Applications of Optical Imaging Modalities in Studies Aimed at Understanding and Managing Urologic Disease
Saturday, 17 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr. Kim addressed clinical and translational applications of optical imaging.
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