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Circumcision May Lower Prostate Cancer Risk

May 17, 2012

Circumcision may help protect against prostate cancer, according to researchers in Seattle.
 

Renal Transplant Candidates Need Not Be Concerned About a Living Donor's Age

May 15, 2012

For most patients with end-stage renal disease patients (ESRD), the age of a living donor (ranging from 18-64 years) has an insignificant effect on the long-term health of a transplanted kidney, according to researchers in British Columbia, Canada.
 

Semen Quality Diminished by Too Much Saturated Fats

May 10, 2012

Diets high in saturated fats may be associated with reduce semen quality, according to researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital.
 

Implantable Artificial Kidney Advances

May 08, 2012

An implantable artificial kidney is moving closer toward reality.
 

Selected Prostate Cancer Patients May Benefit from HIFU

May 04, 2012

High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) may provide an alternative to traditional treatment for localized prostate cancer. British researchers report this use of ultrasound may be high beneficial in a select group of prostate cancer patients.
 

Robotics May Enable Kidney Transplantation in the Obese

May 02, 2012

Robotic kidney transplantation shows promise for obese patients who would not otherwise be candidates for surgery.
 

Active Surveillance May Be Okay for Some Men with Metastatic Kidney Cancer

April 27, 2012

Active surveillance may be appropriate for up to 10% of patients with metastatic kidney cancer, according to researchers at the Cleveland Clinic.
 

New Urine-Based Assay Helps Determine Need for Repeat Biopsy

April 25, 2012

A newly approved prostate cancer gene 3 assay may help determine the need for repeat prostate biopsies in men who have had a previous negative biopsy.
 

Complete Anemia Correction Better for Renal Transplant Patients

April 23, 2012

Completely correcting anemia in kidney transplant recipients may preserve kidney function better than partially correcting anemia.
 

New Oral Drug May Aid Survival in CRPC Patients

April 19, 2012

An investigational oral agent known as MDV-3100, which halts androgen signaling, may significantly improve survival in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC).
 

Daily Home Dialysis Improves Survival

April 17, 2012

Daily home dialysis may provide a better quality of life and lower a patient's risk of dying compared with conventional dialysis treatments.
 

BPH Drugs Found to Decrease PSA Doubling Times

April 12, 2012

Men with prostate cancer on active surveillance (watchful waiting) may benefit from treatment with finasteride or dutasteride.
 

Bedside Assessment May Predict Delayed Renal Graft Function

April 10, 2012

A simple, 10-minute bedside assessment conducted prior to surgery appears to be an optimal method for predicting which kidney transplant patients will suffer delayed graft function.
 

Brachytherapy May Be Underused

April 06, 2012

Brachytherapy appears to have significant advantages over EBRT in the treatment of men with low-risk and intermediate-risk prostate cancer.
 

Living Donor Chains May Ease Transplant Wait Times

April 04, 2012

Living donor chains are dramatically changing the landscape of kidney transplantation.
 

Proton Therapy Not Better than IMRT

April 02, 2012

New data suggest that proton therapy may be associated with a higher rate of gastrointestinal problems and may not produce better outcomes than IMRT in men with localized prostate cancer.
 

Targeted Therapies Have Improved Survival Among Patients with Metastatic RCC

March 29, 2012

Overall survival appears to be improving significantly in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
 

Biomarkers May Aid Active Surveillance Management for Prostate Cancer

March 27, 2012

Two urine-based biomarkers are associated with prostate cancers that are likely to be aggressive and potentially life-threatening among men who are on an active surveillance for their disease.
 

Adult Kidneys Can Be a Source of Stem Cells

March 22, 2012

Researchers at Monash University's Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories (MISCL) have shown that they can make human stem cells from healthy adult kidneys without working on human embryos, thus circumventing ethical concerns around this issue.
 

ADT for Prostate Cancer Does Not Boost Cardiovascular Mortality

March 20, 2012

Use of short-course androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) may improve overall and disease-specific survival but does not appear to increase cardiovascular mortality in men with clinically-localized prostate cancer.
 

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