Key Micronutrients Lacking in Black Bladder Cancer Survivors’ Diets
African American survivors had lower intakes of 8 select micronutrients, such as folate, compared with Caucasian survivors.
African American survivors had lower intakes of 8 select micronutrients, such as folate, compared with Caucasian survivors.
In fact, some data suggest treatment may reduce prostate cancer incidence and aggressiveness.
Significant improvements in lower urinary tract symptoms are durable to 24 months, data show.
LUTS is 49% more likely to develop in men with a PSA level above 6 ng/mL versus 4 ng/mL or less.
Physician expressions of sympathy and regret appear to encourage quicker settlements.
New data show that the minimally invasive procedure is superior overall to TURP for treating BPH-related lower urinary tract symptoms.
The increased risk occurs more than 10 years after treatment and most pronounced in men who undergo brachytherapy.
Urologists and gynecologists are 49% and 30% more likely than primary care doctors to prescribe second-generation agents.
In a study of African-American radical prostatectomy patients, low income predicted a higher risk of advanced stage or aggressive tumors.
Cancer-specific survival at 5 years was 76.9% for men and 71.5% for women.
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