SAN FRANCISCO—Prior to radical cystectomy for bladder cancer, preoperative neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) can identify patients at risk for having non-organ-confined disease and who may benefit from neoadjuvant chemotherapy, University of Wisconsin investigators reported at the American College of Surgeons 97th Clinical Congress.
NEW ORLEANS—Acute renal failure (ARF) induced by pathogenic light chains can be the first presenting sign of multiple myeloma, and prompt treatment of the malignancy is critical to reversing renal damage, according to a study presented by European investigators at the American Society of Hematology 51st annual meeting.
Study reveals an increased risk of MI and other heart problems.
In a study, dutasteride had a protective effect regardless of baseline variables known to affect risk.
BERLIN—Men with non-metastatic prostate cancer who begin androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) with vertebral fractures at baseline have shorter survival time compared with those free of baseline fractures.
Two-year survival is similar to that achieved with cystectomy.
New findings make a case for renal disease screening of family members who have risk factors.
Transcatheter polycystic embolization was well-tolerated, and no deaths occurred as a result.
There are risks, but 95% of pregnancies continuing beyond the first trimester are successful.
An interventional cardiologist and two nephrologists debate the issue at a major medical conference.
