Intensive Local Therapy to RCC Bone Metastases May Increase Survival
The approach was defined as surgical resection with a wide margin or radiotherapy with a biologically effective dose of 140 Gy or greater.
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Delayed Stone Treatment Increases Morbidity
Unplanned clinical visits 15 times more likely among patients treated more than 45 days after diagnosis.
Timing of Maximum Tumor Shrinkage May Predict mRCC Pt Survival
NEW ORLEANS—The timing of maximum tumor shrinkage in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) may be useful as a biomarker for predicting overall survival, Japanese researchers reported at the 2015 American Urological Association annual meeting. Takafumi Yagisawa, MD, and colleagues at Tokyo Women’s Medical University, based this conclusion on a study of 199 mRCC…
Metastasectomy May Up Survival in Metastatic RCC Patients
In a study, patients who had the procedure had a better 5-year overall survival rate than those who did not (68% vs. 27%).
Larger RCC Tumors Predict High-Grade Pathology
New finding may inform treatment decisions.
Larger Stones Hike Re-treatment Risk After Shock Wave Lithotripsy
Patients with kidney or ureteral stones larger than 20 mm are 85% more likely be re-treated those those with stones smaller than 10 mm.
Testosterone Therapy Safe in Hypogonadal Elderly Men
In a study of hypogonadal men older than 65, the treatment did not increase the prevalence of thrombotic events.
DRE Has Limited Value for Prostate Cancer Screening
Biopsies triggered by an abnormal DRE alone were significantly less likely to detect clinically significant prostate cancer than biopsies triggered by an abnormal PSA alone.
Flexible Ureteroscopy May Beat ESWL for Pediatric Stone Patients
Flexible ureteroscopy achieved a stone-free rate nearly twice as high as that achieved with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy.
Post-RP Outcomes Differ for Gleason 8, 9-10 Prostate Cancer
Gleason 9-10 tumors are associated with a greater risk of biochemical and clinical recurrence, but not overall survival.
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