key articles
Pelvic neuroanatomy in patients undergoing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy
Sunday, 22 June 2008 - Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy is an option for surgical management of clinically localized prostate cancer. There have been theoretical concerns, however, regarding lack of anatomic data with...
Authors: Martinez-Salamanca et al.
Vascular-targeted photodynamic therapy (padoporfin, WST09) for recurrent prostate cancer
Sunday, 22 June 2008 - Trachtenberg et al. (2008) evaluated the efficacy of TOOKAD® (WST 09; NegmaLerads, Magny-Les-Hameaux, France) vascular-targeted photodynamic therapy (VTP) as a method of whole-prostate ablation in patients...
Authors: Trachtenberg et al.
Factors affecting operating time in a residency program incorporating robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy
Sunday, 22 June 2008 - A current dilemma is how to incorporate robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) into residency/fellowship programs while containing costs and maintaining acceptable operative times. Thiel...
Authors: Thiel et al.
High-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasialike ductal adenocarcinoma of the prostate
Saturday, 21 June 2008 - Most of the prostatic ductal adenocarcinomas of the prostate are characterized by cribriform and/or papillary architecture lined by columnar pseudostratified malignant epithelium. Tavora and Epstein...
Authors: Tavora & Epstein
Cumulative effect of five genetic variants on prostate cancer risk in multiple study populations
Saturday, 21 June 2008 - A strong cumulative effect of five genetic variants and family history on prostate cancer risk was recently reported in a Swedish population (CAPS). Sun et al. (2008) confirmed the finding in two U.S....
Authors: Sun et al.
Pelvic lymphadenectomy in prostate cancer
Friday, 20 June 2008 - In a review Breyer et al. (2008) analyzed the anatomy of the prostate gland's lymphatic drainage, the optimal anatomic extend of pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) and which dissection may be...
Authors: Breyer et al.
Association of intravesical immuno- or chemotherapy with prostate specific antigen
Friday, 20 June 2008 - Beltrami et al. (2008) the association of intravesical immuno- or chemotherapy with an increased prostate specific antigen (PSA) serum level. It could be important to avoid useless prostate biopsies.
PSA...
Authors: Beltrami et al.
Post-treatment prostate biopsies in the era of 3-dimensional conformal radiotherapy
Wednesday, 18 June 2008 - The ability to discriminate between therapeutic success and failure after radiotherapy (RT) for prostate cancer (PCa) remains a clinical challenge. Post-treatment biopsies would seem ideal for evaluating...
Authors: Zapatero et al.
Statin use and the risk of prostate cancer
Tuesday, 17 June 2008 - Statins have been suggested to prevent prostate cancer. Bonovas et al. (2008) examined statin use in relation to both total prostate cancer and the more clinically important advanced prostate cancer,...
Authors: Bonovas et al.
Incidence of types of cancer among HIV-infected persons compared with the general population in the United States, 1992-2003
Sunday, 15 June 2008 - HIV-infected persons may be at higher risk for certain types of cancer than the general population. Patel et al. (2008) compared cancer incidence among HIV-infected persons with the general population from...
Authors: Patel et al.
