BOSTON—Prostate cancer patients with a Gleason score of 9 or 10 have a risk of PSA recurrence following radical prostatectomy or radiation therapy similar to that of men having a Gleason score of 7 with tertiary grade 5 disease, data suggest.

Following promising results of earlier studies, phase 3 trials of a therapeutic vaccine for diabetes mellitus are moving in the United States and Europe. Each trial will enroll about 300 patients.

BOSTON—Real-time positional tracking of the prostate could improve external beam radiation treatment (EBRT) of prostate cancer, data suggest.

Use of 5-α reductase inhibitors for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) does not significantly increase the risk of hip fracture, researchers conclude.

Statin therapy may improve survival and slow renal function decline in patients with atherosclerotic renovascular disease (ARD), researchers report.

Older and younger patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) derive similar benefit from sorafenib, data suggest.

Severe facial wrinkles may be a marker for decreased renal function, according to researchers in Seoul, Korea.

Counting copies of a specific gene in cells gathered from a urine sample may provide a simple, noninvasive way to detect bladder cancer, according to researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

Dietary fiber intake has no association with prostate cancer risk, according to a study of 142,590 men in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition.

Comorbid CKD is a "significant risk factor" for potentially preventable complications among people hospitalized for any reason, according to an analysis of almost 250,000 patient records.