American Urological Association Annual Meeting

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American Urological Association 2009 Annual Meeting, Chicago

Nephrometry May Improve Renal Cancer Care

John Schieszer May 28, 2009

Researchers have developed a standardized scoring system for quantifying renal tumor size, location, and depth.

Autologous Cells May Ease Stress Urinary Incontinence

Injecting autologous muscle-derived cells (AMDCs) into the bladder may significantly improve symptoms and quality of life (QOL) in patients with stress urinary incontinence (SUI), according to Canadian researchers.

Pomegranate Juice May Help Prostate Cancer Patients

Jody A. Charnow May 28, 2009

Pomegranate juice may help slow progression of prostate cancer in men who experience rising PSA levels following radical prostatectomy or radiotherapy, data suggest.

Dutasteride Found to Lower PCa Risk

Jody A. Charnow May 01, 2009

CHICAGO—Dutasteride lowers the risk of prostate cancer by 23% in men with an increased risk of the malignancy, new findings show.

Delayed Diagnosis Raises Bladder Cancer Death Risk

Jody A. Charnow April 29, 2009

Delays in the diagnosis of bladder cancer confer an approximately 30% increased risk of death from the malignancy, researchers found.

Kidney Stones, Heart Disease Linked in Older Women

Jody A. Charnow April 29, 2009

Heart disease is significantly more prevalent in older white women with a history of kidney stones than in those who have never had a kidney stone, new findings suggest.

Predictive Value of Positive Surgical Margins Defined

Jody A. Charnow April 29, 2009

Positive surgical margins predict biochemical failure in patients who have had a radical prostatectomy for pT2 prostate cancer, but not pT3a disease, data suggest.

PSA Density Predicts Worse Prostate Cancer Pathology

Jody A. Charnow April 29, 2009

PSA density (PSAD) predicts pathologic upstaging following radical prostatectomy (RP) for prostate cancer, a study found.

Erectile Dysfunction Linked to Greater Mortality

Jody A. Charnow April 29, 2009

Erectile dysfunction (ED) is associated with an increased risk of death from any cause and from cardiovascular disease (CVD), new findings show.

Formula Might Overdiagnose Renal Dysfunction

Jody A. Charnow April 29, 2009

Use of the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) study formula may overestimate the number patients with renal dysfunction, according to researchers at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo.