Long-term outcomes of percutaneous radio frequency ablation of small renal mass
Sunday, 13 July 2008 - Levinson et al. (2008) presented long-term outcomes in patients receiving RFA for solitary small renal masses.
The authors reviewed the overall oncological and survival outcomes of patients with a solitary renal mass treated with radio frequency ablation in whom it had been at least 40 months...
Authors: Levinson et al.
Suppressing growth and invasiveness of renal cancer cells by fatty acid synthase inhibitor
Sunday, 13 July 2008 - Fatty acid synthase has been shown to be over expressed in a wide range of cancers and it has emerged as a therapeutic target. Horiguchi et al. (2008) examined whether fatty acid synthase could be a novel therapeutic target for renal cell carcinoma using the pharmacological fatty acid synthase...
Authors: Horiguchi et al.
[-2] Proenzyme prostate specific antigen for prostate cancer detection
Sunday, 13 July 2008 - Sokoll et al. (2008) evaluated the [-2]proenzyme prostate specific antigen serum marker by using a blinded reference specimen set from three National Cancer Institute Early Detection Research Network centers from men with an indication for prostate biopsy.
Serum was collected before biopsy from...
Authors: Sokoll et al.
Predictors of intravesical therapy for nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer
Saturday, 12 July 2008 - In response to variations in cancer care, clinical guidelines have been developed. For nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer, also known as superficial bladder cancer, two similar sets of guidelines were released in the late 1990s that provide care recommendations. Huang et al. (2008) examined...
Authors: Huang et al.
Percent tumor involvement and biochemical progression risk after radical prostatectomy
Saturday, 12 July 2008 - Percent tumor involvement has been associated with biochemical progression in organ confined disease, although its role in predicting outcome in men with more advanced disease pathology is unclear. Rampersaud et al. (2008) hypothesized that percent tumor involvement may well correlate with...
Authors: Rampersaud et al.
Salvage prostate cryoablation: initial results from the Cryo On-Line Data Registry
Saturday, 12 July 2008 - Pisters et al. (2008) reported contemporary outcomes of salvage cryoablation at a large number of centers which have participated in the COLD (Cryo On-Line Data) Registry.
A secure online database was developed to collect data for patients undergoing prostate cryoablation. Kaplan-Meier...
Authors: Pisters et al.
Prostate-specific-antigen screening comparing with other screening tests
Friday, 11 July 2008 - Despite the substantive societal impact of prostate cancer, the medical community is currently divided on the balance between benefit and harm of screening for prostate cancer using prostate-specific antigen (PSA). Crawford and Abrahamsson (2008) examined whether PSA-based screening for prostate...
Authors: Crawford & Abrahamsson
Multicenter phase II study of combined neoadjuvant docetaxel and hormone therapy
Friday, 11 July 2008 - Chi et al. (2008) assessed pathological outcomes as well as the feasibility of combined docetaxel and androgen deprivation therapy in men with prostate cancer before undergoing prostatectomy.
In this phase II multicenter study of newly diagnosed patients with untreated clinically localized...
Authors: Chi et al.
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Nephrostomy Placement Versus Tubeless Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
Friday, 11 July 2008 - Crook et al. (2008) evaluated whether totally tubeless percutaneous nephrolithotomy with no nephrostomy or ureteral stent is a safe management technique.
Patients were randomized to have a nephrostomy placed (group 1 control) or none (group 2 treatment). A total of 25 patients were randomized...
Authors: Crook et al.
Single Port Transumbilical (E-NOTES) Donor Nephrectomy
Friday, 11 July 2008 - Gill et al. (2008) present the initial 4 patients undergoing single port transumbilical live donor nephrectomy. Scar-free abdominal surgery via natural body orifices is called NOTES (natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery). In a similar manner the umbilicus, an embryonic (E) natural...
Authors: Gill et al.
