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Imaging procedures may result in long-term kidney damage

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Thursday, 2 July 2009- Kidney injury that can arise after undergoing certain medical imaging procedures increases a patient's risk of having a stroke or heart attack over the next year or two, according to a study published in the recent issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). The...

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New cancer drug fights tumours in those with BRCA mutations

Wednesday, 1 July 2009- A new cancer drug called olaparib worked well in an early clinical trial against breast, ovarian and prostate cancers in individuals who were genetically vulnerable to developing these malignancies.

Women who carry BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations are susceptible to developing breast and ovarian...

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Live donor kidney tranplantation - also for older patients

Tuesday, 30 June 2009- Almost half of kidney transplant candidates older than 60 who are put on the waiting list for a deceased-donor organ will die before getting a transplant, according to new findings from the University of Florida, Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University.Wait times to receive a...

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Combined radiotherapy, long-term hormone therapy improve PCa survival

Monday, 29 June 2009- Men with locally advanced prostate cancer have longer survival rates if they are treated with a combination of radiotherapy and long-term androgen suppression, researchers from the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer reported in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Prostate cancer to become less deadly?

Friday, 26 June 2009- Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have isolated a potent inhibitor of tumor metastasis made by tumor cells, one that could potentially be harnessed as a cancer treatment. Their findings were published in the online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences this...

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Selenium may have adverse effects in some PCa patients

Monday, 29 June 2009- Higher selenium levels in the blood may worsen prostate cancer in some men who already have the disease, according to a study by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute the University of California, San Francisco.

A higher risk of more-aggressive prostate cancer was seen in men with a...

PCTRE meeting: Lilja speaks on challenges in biomarker discoveries

Friday, 26 June 2009- The composition of study cohorts is key to progress in current research work on prostate cancer biomarkers. This was amongst the key points mentioned by Prof. Hans Lilja (New York, USA) in his keynote lecture at the Prostate Cancer Translational Research in Europe (PCTRE) meeting in...

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Multi-centre study on adjuvant chemotherapy for high-risk upper tract urothelial carcinoma

Wednesday, 1 July 2009- There is relatively little literature regarding the use of adjuvant chemotherapy following radical nephroureterectomy in the management of patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC).

A group of researchers from various centres in the US, Canada, Germany and Austria examined the...

Targeted agents for mRCC: new trials require limited prescription in daily practice

Tuesday, 30 June 2009- Targeted treatment for metastatic renal cell carcinoma should be administered as part of the many ongoing trials, as opposed to being handed out to patients within the routine urological practice, was one of the conclusions at the 4th ESU Masterclass on Medical treatment of urological...

New worlds � new solutions: research and innovation as a basis for developing Europe in a global context

Tuesday, 30 June 2009- The countries and people of Europe today face global changes that pose major challenges to their economies and societies, as well as to the environment. The need for research-based knowledge has never been greater.

The Swedish Government, as part of its Presidency of the EU, has therefore...

EAU-initiated �Urology week 2009� to promote awareness on common urological conditions

Friday, 12 June 2009- The European Association of Urology (EAU) has recently updated its website www.urologyweek.org which acts as an online platform for its Urology Week initiative, This event includes a series of events, with most prominent ones scheduled for 14 and 15 September 2009.

It is a general,...