Prevalence of interstitial cystitis/chronic prostatitis ID'd
(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 ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 07, 2013 |
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How prostate cancer therapies compare by cost and effectiveness
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 ...
Cancer
Jan 04, 2013 |
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Updated 'Partin Tables' tool now available to predict prostate cancer spread
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 ...
Cancer
Jan 04, 2013 |
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Urodynamic studies affect diagnoses, but not treatment
(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 ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 03, 2013 |
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R.E.N.A.L. nephrometry score predicts treatment efficacy
(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 ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 27, 2012 |
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Similar oncologic efficacy for robotic, open cystectomy
(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, ...
Cancer
Dec 21, 2012 |
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Robotic-assisted radical bladder surgery potentially benefits bladder cancer patients
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 ...
Cancer
Dec 19, 2012 |
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Prostate cancer now detectable by imaging-guided biopsy
Ground-breaking research by a UCLA team of physicians and engineers demonstrates that prostate cancer can be diagnosed using image-guided targeted biopsy.
Cancer
Dec 10, 2012 |
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Nephron sparing surgery has excellent lasting outcomes
(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 ...
Surgery
Nov 19, 2012 |
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Painful truths about genital injuries
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 ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 09, 2012 |
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Only 5 percent of prostate cancer websites written below high school reading level, study finds
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.
Cancer
Oct 29, 2012 |
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Sling offers lasting benefit for stress urinary incontinence
(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 ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 22, 2012 |
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MRI helps identify patients with prostate cancer who may benefit from active surveillance
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 ...
Cancer
Sep 24, 2012 |
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Process areas for improvement ID'd in early prostate cancer
(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, ...
Cancer
Aug 22, 2012 |
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RNA assays up sensitivity of urothelial carcinoma detection
(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 s ...
Cancer
Aug 21, 2012 |
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