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Nerve-sparing procedure not associated with higher PSM rates after RARP

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Monday, 8 February 2010- Factors correlated with aggressiveness of cancer, such as clinical stage, pathologic stage, and tumor volume, were the most important predictive factors for positive surgical margins (PSMs), whereas a nerve-sparing procedure was not associated with higher PSM rates after...

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Recommending finasteride to high-risk PCa patients

Monday, 8 February 2010- Finasteride has been shown to reduce the incidence of prostate cancer. Yet the use of finasteride remains low, likely because of the risk of adverse effects.

A.Vickers and colleagues conducted a study to determine whether prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels could...

Edited by: JV

Redefining UTI in children by bacterial colony counts

Friday, 5 February 2010- A group of researchers conducted a study to determine the best urinary bacterial concentration to diagnose urine infections in children. They published their findings in the January online edition of the journal Pediatrics.

M. Coulthard and colleagues studied a...

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Management of stone disease in pregnancy

Thursday, 4 February 2010- Nephrolithiasis is a not infrequent complication of pregnancy. The occurrence of a stone event in a pregnant woman is a complex situation. Semins and colleagues reviewed the management of stone disease in pregnancy in a report published in the March edition of the journal...

Protein levels in urine help predict kidney function

Thursday, 4 February 2010- High protein levels in urine can signal trouble for people who are at risk for kidney failure and associated problems, a new study suggests.

The researchers reporting the findings in yesterday’s issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association are recommending...

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Antibodies against abnormal glycoproteins identified as possible cancer detection biomarkers

Friday, 5 February 2010- Scientists have found that cancer patients produce antibodies that target abnormal glycoproteins (proteins with sugar molecules attached) made by their tumours. The result of this work suggests that antitumor antibodies in the blood may provide a fruitful source of...

Acetaminophen protects kidneys after muscle injury

Thursday, 4 February 2010- Severe muscle injuries - such as crush injuries suffered in earthquakes, car accidents and explosions, and muscle damage from excessive exercise or statin drug interactions - can cause life-threatening kidney damage. Treatment has been limited to intravenous fluids and...

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Spanish study on bladder cancer wins ESOU best paper award

Wednesday, 20 January 2010-  A study on patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer and the progressions patterns after radical cystectomy won for a group of researchers from Barcelona, Spain, the best paper award given by the EAU Section of Oncological Urology (ESOU) during its recent...

7th ESOU Meeting: key messages, renal cancer session

Tuesday, 19 January 2010-  Key treatment issues, complications and emerging diagnostic and surgical techniques in renal cancer were discussed in the recent 7th Meeting of the EAU Section of Oncological Urology (ESOU) recently held in Vienna, Austria.

Experts from the US, the UK and mainland...

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7th ESOU Meeting in Vienna to tackle emerging treatment options

Friday, 8 January 2010- Emerging treatment options that impact on the diagnosis of uro-genital cancers will be examined at the annual meeting of the EAU Section of Oncological Urology (ESOU) to be held in Vienna, Austria from January 15 to 17, 2010.

Prof. Bob Djavan, chairman of the 7th ESOU...

2nd EMUC to reach new heights of international cooperation

Thursday, 26 November 2009- Experts agree that the urological cancer patient will benefit greatly if the delivered treatment is a result of a combined effort. Collaboration of experts from various fields is, therefore, necessary to take cancer-related research and medical practice to the next...

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