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(HealthDay)—There is a significant association between performing surgeons and patient quality of life following radical prostatectomy, according to a study published in the April issue of The Journal of Urology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-surgeon-variation-affects-qol-prostatectomy.html Cancer Wed, 15 May 2013 19:50:01 EST news287860907 (HealthDay)—Extracts of saw palmetto berry used at doses of up to 960 mg daily appear to be safe over an 18-month period, according to a study published in the April issue of The Journal of Urology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-high-doses-palmetto-safe-months.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:00:01 EST news286482322 (HealthDay)—For patients with Peyronie's disease, treatment with collagenase clostridium histolyticum (CCH) intralesional injections is efficacious and tolerable, according to research published online Feb. 1 in The Journal of Urology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-collagenase-clostridium-histolyticum-peyronie.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:30:01 EST news286221951 (HealthDay)—Over the last 30 years, the incidence of nephrectomy at post-chemotherapy (PC) retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND) has steadily declined, according to research published in the March issue of The Journal of Urology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-nephrectomy-lymph-node-declining.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:10:01 EST news284215403 While the number of people – especially women – who have a minimally invasive procedure to remove kidney stones has risen in recent years, so has the rate of complications related to the surgery, according to a published study by Henry Ford Hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-kidney-stone-surgery-women-complications.html Surgery Wed, 27 Mar 2013 05:08:31 EST news283579704 According to a new study by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, prostate cancer patients of urologists who own expensive radiation equipment are more likely to receive radiation treatment in lieu of surgery than patients treated by urologists without an ownership stake in the equipment. The study, now available online in the Journal of Urology, found that integrated prostate cancer centers (IPCCs), where urology and radiation oncology practices are combined, use expensive radiation-based treatments at higher rates than other forms of prostate cancer treatment, and reduce their use of prostatectomy (the surgical removal of all or part of the prostate gland). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-financial-incentives-affect-prostate-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:58:52 EST news282311924 (HealthDay)—Low-risk bladder cancer rarely progresses to muscle invasion but is associated with an increased risk of disease-specific mortality compared with matched populations, according to research published in the March issue of The Journal of Urology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-low-risk-bladder-cancer-rarely-muscle.html Cancer Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:10:01 EST news281792954 (HealthDay)—Compared with final pathology, biopsy of small renal masses (SRMs) can be accurately used in a treatment algorithm to direct management, according to research published in the February issue of The Journal of Urology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-biopsy-based-algorithm-accurate-small-renal.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 09 Feb 2013 07:20:01 EST news279613252 (HealthDay)—Compared with placebo, saw palmetto, even at a dose as high as 960 mg, does not affect serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in men with lower urinary tract symptoms, according to research published in the February issue of The Journal of Urology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-high-doses-palmetto-dont-impact.html Cancer Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:50:03 EST news279552849 New data suggests the erectile dysfunction (ED) drug Cialis may also be beneficial in helping men who have problems with ejaculation and orgasm, report researchers from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in the February issue of the British Journal of Urology International. Cialis is currently approved for the treatment of ED, benign prostate hypertrophy (BPH) and for treatment of men with both conditions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-erectile-dysfunction-drug-men-ejaculate.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 30 Jan 2013 04:30:01 EST news278705648 The four-year REDUCE (REduction by DUtasteride of prostate Cancer Events) clinical study evaluated prostate cancer risk reduction in men taking dutasteride, a 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor (5ARI) typically used to treat enlarged prostate. REDUCE results showed that dutasteride decreased the risk of biopsy detectable prostate cancer by 22.8 percent compared to a placebo group, but concerns remained about the drug's effectiveness. Results from a follow-up study are now published in The Journal of Urology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-follow-up-prostate-cancer-diagnosis.html Cancer Tue, 22 Jan 2013 07:37:08 EST news278062619 (HealthDay)—Older individuals are more likely to have atypical presentation with urolithiasis, according to a study published in the January issue of The Journal of Urology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-older-individuals-atypical-stone.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:40:01 EST news277565470 Measurements taken over time of prostate specific antigen, the most commonly used screening test for prostate cancer in men, improve the accuracy of aggressive prostate cancer detection when compared to a single measurement of PSA, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published today in the British Journal of Urology International. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-psa-aggressive-prostate-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:00:02 EST news277452788 (HealthDay)—There were reductions in hospital stays for patients undergoing prostatectomy and cystectomy in 2004 to 2005, compared to those undergoing the procedures in 1992 to 1993, according to research published in the January issue of The Journal of Urology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-hospital-shorter-prostatectomy-cystectomy.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:10:01 EST news277044719 (HealthDay)—The symptoms of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) and chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) are widespread among men in the United States, according to research published in the January issue of The Journal of Urology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-prevalence-interstitial-cystitischronic-prostatitis-idd.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:30:02 EST news276802917 The most comprehensive retrospective study ever conducted comparing how the major types of prostate cancer treatments stack up to each other in terms of saving lives and cost effectiveness is reported this week by a team of researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-prostate-cancer-therapies-effectiveness.html Cancer Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:45:20 EST news276533106 Prostate cancer experts at Johns Hopkins have developed an updated version of the Partin Tables, a tool to help men diagnosed with prostate cancer and their doctors to better assess their chance of a surgical cure. The updated tool, based on a study of more than 5,600 men treated at The Johns Hopkins Hospital from 2006 to 2011, is published in the Jan. 3 issue of the British Journal of Urology International. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-partin-tables-tool-prostate-cancer.html Cancer Fri, 04 Jan 2013 07:22:01 EST news276506378 (HealthDay)—Although preoperative urodynamic studies frequently change clinical diagnoses, they rarely lead to changes in the surgical or global treatment plans for women with stress urinary incontinence (UI), according to research published in the January issue of The Journal of Urology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-urodynamic-affect-treatment.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:00:06 EST news276442471 (HealthDay)—The R.E.N.A.L. (radius, exophytic/endophytic, nearness to collecting system or sinus, anterior/posterior and location relative to polar lines) nephrometry scoring system predicts the efficacy of treatment and major complications that occur after percutaneous renal ablation for treatment of tumors, according to research published in the January issue of The Journal of Urology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-renal-nephrometry-score-treatment-efficacy.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 27 Dec 2012 14:30:06 EST news275838764 (HealthDay)—For patients with bladder cancer undergoing radical cystectomy, a robotic approach seems to have the same oncologic efficacy as an open approach and demonstrates potential perioperative benefits, according to a pilot study published in the February issue of The Journal of Urology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-similar-oncologic-efficacy-robotic-cystectomy.html Cancer Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:30:02 EST news275317820 About 30 percent of the more than 70,000 bladder cancer cases expected in 2012 are muscle invasive. In such cases, radical cystectomy is the preferred treatment. In a pilot trial, a team of investigators assessed the efficacy of open radical cystectomy (ORC) vs. robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical cystectomy (RARC). While there were no significant differences in treatment outcomes, RARC resulted in decreased estimated blood loss and shorter hospital stay compared to ORC. The results are published in the February 2013 issue of The Journal of Urology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-robotic-assisted-radical-bladder-surgery-potentially.html Cancer Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:01 EST news275073245 Ground-breaking research by a UCLA team of physicians and engineers demonstrates that prostate cancer can be diagnosed using image-guided targeted biopsy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-prostate-biopsy-potential-diagnosis-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:10:45 EST news274367345 (HealthDay)—For patients with bilateral renal masses, nephron sparing surgery (NSS) results in excellent long-term oncological and functional outcomes and survival rates, according to a study published in the December issue of The Journal of Urology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-nephron-surgery-excellent-outcomes.html Surgery Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:40:01 EST news272555805 A comprehensive survey of genital injuries over the last decade involving mishaps with consumer products like clothing, furniture, tools and toys that brought U.S. adults to emergency rooms reveals that such injuries are common and may be preventable, according to doctors at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-painful-truths-genital-injuries.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:54:15 EST news271702443 Ninety million American adults read below high school levels, so the National Institutes of Health recommends that patient-education materials be written at the fourth-through-sixth grade level. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-percent-prostate-cancer-websites-written.html Cancer Mon, 29 Oct 2012 10:50:11 EST news270725932 (HealthDay)—Stress urinary incontinence treatment with a distal urethral polypropylene sling procedure is associated with excellent long-term efficacy and durability, according to research published in the November issue of The Journal of Urology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-benefit-stress-urinary-incontinence.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:12:51 EST news270144765 PSA screening has resulted in improved prostate cancer survival, but the high rate of diagnosis and treatment side effects raise concerns about overtreatment. In the quest to prevent overtreatment, "active surveillance" has emerged as a plausible option, encouraged for men whose tumors may not need immediate treatment and may never progress to more serious illness. Appropriate criteria for selecting patients for active surveillance are continuously debated. A group of investigators from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York report that adding endorectal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to the initial clinical evaluation of men with clinically low prostate cancer risk helps assess eligibility for active surveillance. Their results are published in The Journal of Urology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-mri-patients-prostate-cancer-benefit.html Cancer Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:54:54 EST news267724488 (HealthDay) -- For men with early prostate cancer undergoing expectant management, compliance with RAND structural indicators is high, but there is considerable variability in compliance with process indicators, according to a study published in the September issue of The Journal of Urology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-areas-idd-early-prostate-cancer.html Cancer Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:20:02 EST news264871000 (HealthDay) -- Cxbladder, a derivative of the RNA assay uRNA, may be an effective alternative to cytology and nuclear matrix protein 22 (NMP22) assays for the detection of urothelial carcinoma, according to a study published in the September issue of The Journal of Urology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-rna-assays-sensitivity-urothelial-carcinoma.html Cancer Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:30:01 EST news264774051 Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a link between patients who undergo total nephrectomy - complete kidney removal - and erectile dysfunction. Results from the multi-center study were recently published online in the British Journal of Urology International. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-link-kidney-erectile-dysfunction.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:27:46 EST news262884458