PPIs Linked With Higher Rate of Post-RP Complications
Prostate cancer patients taking proton pump inhibitors also had pathologically higher stage disease.
Prostate cancer patients taking proton pump inhibitors also had pathologically higher stage disease.
The higher the baseline PSA levels, the greater the risk of being diagnosed with any or significant prostate cancer.
Minimally invasive surgery is associated with a lower incidence of bladder neck contracture.
Study documents superior recurrence- and metastasis-free survival compared with cT1b tumors.
A biologic effective dose less than 170 Gy2 is associated with a 2-fold increase risk dying from prostate cancer versus higher doses.
The chances of erectile function recovery improved when patients received radiation treatment more than 16 months after surgery.
In fact, some data suggest treatment may reduce prostate cancer incidence and aggressiveness.
In a study of African-American radical prostatectomy patients, low income predicted a higher risk of advanced stage or aggressive tumors.
Potency is preserved in 50.4% and 60.8% of patients at 10 years after seed implantation, according to MSSFI and SHIM scores, respectively.
New findings show metabolic changes suggesting that a carbohydrate-restricted diet may improve insulin sensitivity.