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AUA 2010 Annual Scientific Meeting To Feature Latest In Urology, Cancer Research
More than 15,000 urologists, researchers, healthcare professionals and exhibitors will gather in San Francisco, CA, for the American Urological Association's (AUA) 2010 Annual Scientific Meeting, which will be held at the Moscone Center, May 29-June 3, 2010...
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Similar Outcomes In Both Open And Laparoscopic Prostate Surgery
Of the 200,000 men newly diagnosed with prostate cancer each year in the United States, about one-third will undergo surgical treatment. Although open radical prostatectomy (ORP) is regarded as the standard treatment, laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) with or without robotic assistance is becoming more common...
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The Connections Between Stem Cells And Cancer
Researchers have a new tool to understand how cancers grow -- and with it a new opportunity to identify novel cancer drugs. They've been able to break apart human prostate tissue, extract the stem cells in that tissue, and alter those cells genetically so that they spur cancer...
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Cholesterol Regulation Alterations Contribute To Intratumoral Androgen Production During Progression To CRPC In A Mouse Xenograft Model
UroToday.com - It is known that in castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) the androgen receptor (AR) is expressed and remains active and prostate cancer (CaP) cells are able to produce their own supply of androgens. These intracrine androgens are synthesized by the increased activity of steroidogenic enzymes that use cholesterol precursors...
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A Randomized Trial Of External Beam Radiotherapy Versus Cryoablation In Patients With Localized Prostate Cancer
UroToday.com - This type of trial is very difficult to conduct, resulting in slow accrual, and ultimately, early closure. Thus the study is underpowered. Other shortcomings are pointed out in our discussion...
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Carbonic Anhydrase IX Expression In Prostate Cancer
UroToday.com - Tumor hypoxia plays a role in tumor progression and chemotherapy resistance through reduced apoptosis, increased proliferation and angiogenesis. Hypoxic cell metabolism switches to anaerobic glycolysis and the production of acidic metabolites that facilitate cell survival and tumorigenesis...
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Distress, Anxiety, Depression, And Emotional Well-Being In African-American Men With Prostate Cancer
UroToday.com - A report from the Department of Psychiatry, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center suggests that African-American (AA) men with prostate cancer (CaP) have a sense of greater emotional well being and lower incidence of clinically significant depressive symptoms compared with Caucasian men...
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Has The Advent Of Minimally Invasive Surgery Altered The Risk Profile Of Patients Undergoing Prostatectomy?
UroToday.com - A report from Columbia University Department of Urology in the online edition of Urology assessed whether the introduction of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has altered the selection characteristics of patients undergoing radical prostatectomy (RP). They did not find this to be the case...
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Predictors Of Positive Surgical Margins After Laparoscopic Robot Assisted Radical Prostatectomy
UroToday.com - In the past it has been suggested that the use of robot assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) could be associated with a significant and swift reduction in positive surgical margins (PSM) rates...
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Periprostatic Fat Measured On Computed Tomography As A Marker For Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness
UroToday.com - An interesting hypothesis by Dr. Joep van Roermund and colleagues in the online edition of the World Journal of Urology suggested that periprostatic fat as measured on CT may be a better predictor of prostate cancer (CaP) aggressiveness than body mass index (BMI). This was based upon the fact that visceral fat is the most metabolically active fat...
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New Drug Benefits Late-Stage Prostate Cancer Patients
The prostate cancer drug abiraterone shows encouraging results in men who have exhausted standard treatment options, according to clinical trial results published online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology...
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Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Salvage Prostatectomy For Radiation Resistant Prostate Cancer
UroToday.com - Salvage radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer (CaP) recurrence after radiotherapy (XRT) has improved over time but complications, especially incontinence, remain high. In the January 2010 issue of the Journal of Urology, Dr...
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Better Prognosis Markers For Prostate Cancer Found
Measuring levels of the active form of the protein EGFR in the tumor and its vicinity can provide a more reliable prognosis for individuals with prostate cancer. This is what Umeå University researcher Peter Hammarsten and his associates write in a study in the leading scientific journal Clinical Cancer Research...
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When To Perform Bone Scan In Patients With Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer: Validation Of Available Guidelines, Risk Stratification Tool Proposal
UroToday.com - Prostate cancer (CaP) patients often undergo a routine bone scan as part of their metastatic evaluation at the time of diagnosis. Most consensus recommendations suggest obtaining bone scans only in patients with risk characteristics suggesting reasonable utility for this test. However, according to a paper by Dr...
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Prostate Specific Antigen Density To Predict Prostate Cancer Upgrading In A Contemporary Radical Prostatectomy Series: A Single Center Experience
UroToday.com - In the January 2010 issue of the Journal of Urology, Dr. Ahmed Magheli and associates from Charite Hospital, Berlin Germany examined the relationship between pretreatment PSA density (PSAD) and Gleason score (GS) upgrading in a large contemporary radical prostatectomy (RP) cohort...
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MU Researcher Developing A Sensor To Detect Diseases, Such As Breast Cancer, In Bodily Fluids
What if it were possible to go to the store and buy a kit to quickly and accurately diagnose cancer, similar to a pregnancy test? A University of Missouri researcher is developing a tiny sensor, known as an acoustic resonant sensor, that is smaller than a human hair and could test bodily fluids for a variety of diseases, including breast and prostate cancers...
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2010 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium Press Program Announced
Four studies from the third annual Genitourinary Cancers Symposium Press Program will be highlighted in an embargoed presscast (press briefing via phone and webcast) on Wednesday, March 3, from 12:00-1:00 PM (EST)...
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Urology Study Shows Reduced Side Effects From Radiation For Prostate Cancer With Calypso Medical's Tumor Tracking Technology
Calypso Medical Technologies, Inc., a developer of targeting technology used for accurate, precise real-time tracking of tumor targets, announced the online publication of a clinical study in Urology (The GOLD JOURNAL)...
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Prostate Cancer Therapy Can Increase Heart Risk Factors
Androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT), commonly used to treat prostate cancer, can worsen heart risk factors and may increase the risk of heart attack and/or cardiac death, although the relationship between ADT and heart attack or cardiac death has not been definitively established, according to a science advisory published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association...
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Using Nitroglycerin To Treat Prostate Cancer Shows Potential To Halt Disease
Treatment of prostate cancer using a very low dose of nitroglycerin may slow and even halt the progression of the disease without the severe side effects of current treatments, Queen's University researchers have discovered The findings are the result of the first-ever clinical trial using nitroglycerin to treat prostate cancer...
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