key articles
Cost-effectiveness of PSA screening in the US: extrapolating from the ERSPC
Tuesday, 22 February 2011- Preliminary results of the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) showed a decrease in prostate cancer specific mortality associated with prostate specific antigen screening....
Edited by: JV
Early baldness may have link to prostate cancer
Thursday, 17 February 2011- Men who start to lose their hair at age 20 may be more likely to develop prostate cancer later in life, a case control study suggested.
The study, involving 388 men with a history of prostate cancer...
Edited by: JV
ADT and cataract incidence among elderly PCa patients in the US
Tuesday, 15 February 2011- The side-effects associated with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) include weight gain, dyslipidemia, and insulin resistance. As cataracts have been linked to these metabolic abnormalities, an...
Edited by: JV
Risk factors for incidental PCa: who should not undergo prostate vaporisation for BPH?
Monday, 14 February 2011- Vaporisation of the prostate (e.g., using laser devices) for treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia does not allow for subsequent histological examination. Therefore, patients should be counselled...
Edited by: JV
Multimodal microscopy for automated histologic analysis of prostate cancer
Friday, 11 February 2011- Prostate cancer is the single most prevalent cancer in US men whose gold standard of diagnosis is histologic assessment of biopsies. Manual assessment of stained tissue of all biopsies limits speed and...
Edited by: JV
EGFR mutation analysis, gene expression profiling and EGFR protein expression in PCa
Thursday, 27 January 2011- Activating mutations of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) confer sensitivity to the tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKi), gefitinib and erlotinib.
A group of researchers analysed EGFR...
Edited by: JV
Detection of prostate cancer by dogs sniffing urine samples
Friday, 21 January 2011- Dogs are able to recognise the odour of prostate cancer by sniffing urine. Detection of specific volatile organic compounds could be an innovative and valuable screening method for early detection of...
Edited by: JV
Risk of venous thromboembolism after robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy
Thursday, 20 January 2011- In a study conducted by T. Patel and colleagues, the incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) after robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) in patients receiving perioperative heparin...
Edited by: JV
Relevance of clinically detected postoperative anastomotic urine leakage after robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy
Wednesday, 19 January 2011- A group of researchers conducted a study to determine whether patients with postoperative clinically detected anastomotic urine leaks are at increased risk for poorer erectile function, urinary...
Edited by: JV
