These devices improved patient quality of life significantly better than conventional plastic stents.

BARCELONA—Researchers have documented a small but significant stage migration in metastatic bladder cancer between 1988 and 2006.

Obese and non-obese patients had comparable continence and potency rates one year after surgery.

BARCELONA—Prostate cancer patients who are eligible for active surveillance may actually benefit from robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP), according to data announced at the 25th Anniversary European Association of Urology Congress.

Using penicillin instead may result in a higher risk of sepsis, according to British researchers.

Patients who have urinary catheters in place upon hospital admission for transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) are at increased risk of postoperative UTIs, investigators reported at the 24th Annual European Association of Urology Congress in Stockholm.

PSA screening for prostate cancer is associated with a 20% reduction in mortality from the disease, according to findings from the largest prostate cancer study ever conducted.

New findings from a Finnish study confirm previous research that finasteride use is associated with a decreased risk of prostate cancer.

Intermittent alpha blocker therapy is a feasible strategy for men suffering from lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) secondary to benign prostatic obstruction (BPO), a researcher has concluded.

Flexible ureteroscopy and lasertripsy (FURSL) for treating renal stones larger than 1 cm in diameter is associated with high success rates, data show.