Importance of surgical volume for prostate cancer patients
Friday, 4 July 2008 - The number of procedures done by a single surgeon, that is, surgical volume (SV), is associated with several outcomes after radical prostatectomy (RP). Briganti et al. (2008) tested the association between SV and the detection of lymph node metastases during extended pelvic lymph node dissection...
Authors: Briganti et al.
Sixteen gauge needles improve specimen quality but not cancer detection
Friday, 4 July 2008 - Inal et al. (2008) compared performance of 16 (16 g) (n=103) and 18 gauge (18 g) (n=101) biopsy needles in transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided 10-core prostate biopsies in terms of cancer detection and pre-defined specimen quality criteria in a prospective randomized study.
Cancer detection...
Authors: Inal et al.
Effect of prostate cancer on serum testosterone levels in clinically localized prostate cancer patients
Friday, 4 July 2008 - The relationships between serum level of testosterone (T) and prostate cancer (PCa) are complex. Imamoto et al. (2008) evaluated whether presence of PCa alters serum T levels.
Subjects were 125 patients with clinically localized PCa treated using radical prostatectomy (RP), for whom pretreatment...
Authors: Imamoto et al.
Prostate cancer chemotherapy in the era of targeted therapy
Thursday, 3 July 2008 - Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men accounting for around 24% of all male cancers in United Kingdom. The role of chemotherapy in the neoadjuvant and adjuvant setting is still unclear despite considerable progress in this area. Chemotherapy for advanced prostate cancer has become...
Authors: Michael et al.
Immediate Postvoid Residual Volumes in Women With Symptoms of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
Thursday, 3 July 2008 - Haylen et al. (2008) estimated the prevalence and clinical and urodynamic associations of postvoid residual volumes (PVRs), measured immediately after micturition, in women with symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction.
The patients were 1,140 women presenting consecutively for their initial...
Authors: Haylen et al.
Inverse association of obesity with serum prostate-specific antigen in healthy Japanese men
Thursday, 3 July 2008 - Ando et al. (2008) confirmed an inverse relationship between obesity and serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in Japanese men with a smaller body mass index (BMI) than white and African-American men.
The authors analyzed 5246 apparently healthy Japanese men aged >20 years who...
Authors: Ando et al.
Severity of cardiovascular disease and health-related quality of life in prostate cancer patients
Thursday, 3 July 2008 - Van de Poll-Franse et al. (2008) evaluated the influence of comorbid cardiovascular disease severity on health-related quality of life (HRQL) in men treated with radical prostatectomy (RP) or radiotherapy (RT) for early stage prostate cancer.
Subjects (n = 830) with non-metastatic disease who...
Authors: van de Poll-Franse et al.
Serum vitamin D concentration and prostate cancer risk: a nested case-control study
Wednesday, 2 July 2008 - Epidemiological studies have yielded inconsistent associations between vitamin D status and prostate cancer risk, and few studies have evaluated whether the associations vary by disease aggressiveness. Ahn et al. (2008) investigated the association between vitamin D status, as determined by...
Authors: Ahn et al.
Eat more beans, less prostate cancer risk
Wednesday, 2 July 2008 - Association of legume, soy and isoflavone intake with prostate cancer risk is yet inconclusive, although soy has received considerable attention due to its high phytoestrogen content. Therefore, Park et al. (2008) investigated the relationship of these dietary elements to prostate cancer risk...
Authors: Park et al.
Suppression of renal cell carcinoma growth and metastasis with sustained antiangiogenic gene therapy
Wednesday, 2 July 2008 - Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the third most common urologic neoplasm. This aggressive malignancy has proven refractory to conventional treatment options. Antiangiogenic agents have shown early success in treating metastatic disease. The highly vascular nature of RCC appears particularly...
Authors: Mellon et al.
