Study May Help Define Role of PSMA PET/CT in Recurrent Prostate Cancer
Recent findings suggest that it may be possible to spare patients unnecessary exposure to radiation.
Recent findings suggest that it may be possible to spare patients unnecessary exposure to radiation.
Persistent vs undetectable PSA after salvage radical prostatectomy is significantly associated with an increased risk for biochemical recurrence, metastasis, and death, investigators reported.
A shift to less invasive management of ureteric stones during the COVID-19 pandemic did not adversely affect the treatment success rate, according to a study conducted in the United Kingdom.
Investigators report a cumulative 10-year incidence of end-stage kidney disease of 2.5% among patients who undergo surgery for renal cell carcinoma (RCC), which is 10 times higher than in patients without RCC.
In both men and women, nocturia is significantly associated with an increased risk for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, according to investigators.
Patients with stones smaller than 7 mm are more likely have a successful treatment than those with larger stones, investigators concluded.
Patients who underwent HIFU total ablation of the prostate had a 30-month failure-free survival rate similar to that of patients treated with radical prostatectomy, according to investigators.
Adjuvant chemotherapy prolongs survival among patients with negative surgical margins regardless of number of positive lymph nodes.
A recent study may support use of tamsulosin as medical expulsion therapy following shockwave lithotripsy.
A propensity-score matched comparison revealed no significant difference in oncologic outcomes between radical cystectomy and trimodal therapy.