Elderly Men Benefit from TRT, Study Finds
Hypogonadal men aged 65 years and older experience significant benefit from TRT over 12 months.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
PD Exit-Site Infections Raise Peritonitis Risk
Patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) who experience an exit-site infection (ESI) are at increased risk for peritonitis.
Adrenal Masses: Often Incidental, Not Always Insignificant
Given the frequency with which these lesions are found, urologists and nephrologists should be familiar with their evaluation.
BMI is More Reliable than Leptin Levels in Dialysis Patients
Questions have been raised as to whether leptin has an impact on malnutrition in this population.
Reflections on the EAU Annual Congress
Having just returned from the always-stimulating European Association of Urology annual congress, I’d like to share a few impressions.
Surgery Lowers RCC-Related Mortality
Partial or radical nephrectomy improves patients’ survival odds, data show.
RCC Incidence Higher Among Dialysis Patients
Biopsy-proven renal cell carcinoma developed in 35 (0.5%) of 6,827 ESRD patients.
Bladder Cancer Possibly Undertreated in Elderly Patients
Only 12% of patients older than 80 years received radical treatment for invasive disease compared with 52% of those younger than 60 years.
Nondialytic Therapy May Benefit Selected Elderly ESRD Patients
Conservative approach can improve the quality of life in patients with extensive comorbidities.
Prostate Cancer Death Rate Higher with Non-Curative Approaches
Among men older than 67 years, non-curative management of “low-risk” prostate cancer in men is associated with a greater than threefold increased risk of death from prostate cancer.
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