The authors of new review say the results of the JCOG0401 trial suggest that standard hormonal therapy alone vs salvage radiotherapy is not an appropriate management strategy for recurrence after radical prostatectomy.
Although some patients with cancer are at higher risk of developing severe disease should they become infected, these experts suggest the precautions being given to the general population are sufficient — at least for now.
The VES-13, a brief frailty screening tool, was found effective in determining which older patients with GU cancer were at higher risk for adverse outcomes and would benefit from a CGA.
Assessments and interventions for younger and female patients with RCC may need to be targeted, as these patients may have a greater fear of disease recurrence.
Patients with GU malignancies were more likely to receive palliative care if they were in the West compared with other US regions.
Pelvic physical therapy may be more appropriate than Kegel exercises in managing post-radical prostatectomy pain and stress urinary incontinence, according to a new study.
Commercially available gene expression tests for predicting prostate cancer progression appear to be less accurate in black vs white men, according to a new study.
Receiving prostate cancer care at multidisciplinary clinics facilitates adherence to evidence-based national guidelines and potentially ameliorates bias in treatments, a study found.
Depression and anxiety about cancer recurrence are among the issues that face many men following treatment for prostate cancer.
Men with biochemically recurrent nonmetastatic prostate cancer following radical prostatectomy have long survival times from the time of surgery without hormonal treatment, a study found.
