a) prostate specific antigen (PSA) is specific to the prostate but not to prostate cancer b) PSA cannot discriminate different cancer stages c) The introduction of PSA as a screening test has led to substantial 'overdiagnosis' d) PSA screening does not affect prostate cancer mortality
Friday, 16 May 2008 - Lee et al. (Lee et al., 2008) investigated the relationships of serum sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) level with known prognostic factors for prostate cancer in men who received radical retropubic...
Friday, 16 May 2008 - Promising results for prostate cancer detection using ultrasound based real-time-elastography (elastography) have been previously reported on a small number of patients. At the 23rd EAU annual congress held...
Authors: Solomon et al.
Friday, 16 May 2008 - Irani et al. (2008) evaluated interrupted androgen suppression (SIAS) 6 months a year compared with continuous androgen suppression (CAS) in prostate cancer treatment.
All patients underwent maximal...
Authors: Irani et al.
Friday, 16 May 2008 - Outcome data from a prospective study of active surveillance of localised prostate cancer were analysed by van As et al. (2008) to identify factors, present at the time of diagnosis, that predict...
Authors: van As
Thursday, 15 May 2008 - Men with diabetes may be at reduced risk for prostate cancer as compared to men without diabetes. Kasper et al. (2008) investigated potential biological mechanisms, hormonal profiles of diabetic men, and...
Authors: Kasper et al.
Thursday, 15 May 2008 - In men with prostate cancer, pretreatment prostate-specific antigen velocity (PSAV) is a predictor of biochemical and survival outcomes in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy (RP). The utility of...
Authors: Palma et al.
Thursday, 15 May 2008 - Body size relatively early in life may influence men's later rate of prostate cancer. Robinson et al. (2008) searched for published, English-language studies of the association between prostate cancer...
Authors: Robinson et al.
Wednesday, 14 May 2008 - At the 23rd EAU annual congress held in Milan, March 2008, Djavan et al. presented their evaluation on the legacy and impact of preservation of the tip of the seminal vesicle during radical retropubic...
Authors: Djavan et al.
