Kidney Cancer Death Risk Higher in Diabetics
Among surgically-treated renal cell carcinoma patients, diabetics have a 55% and 32% increased risk of cancer-specific and all-cause mortality.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Prolonged Prostate Cancer Hormone Therapy Raises Fracture Risk
Androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) for more than 1 year is associated with a 2.5 times higher odds of fracture in prostate cancer patients.
BRCA Carriers Face Worse Outcomes After Prostate Cancer Treatment
Compared with noncarriers, BRCA carriers experience metastatic prostate cancer sooner and have shorter survival.
Low Sodium Levels at Hospital Admission Increase Mortality Risk
Hyponatremia at time of hospital admission also increases patients’ length of stay.
Stopping Renal Cell Carcinoma (mRCC) Drugs Induces Tumor Flare
Study shows that tumor flare resulting from discontinuation of sunitinib and pazopanib is associated with decreased overall survival.
What should the Republican-controlled Congress do about the Affordable Care Act?
Republicans will be the majority party in the Senate and have increased their majority in the House of Representatives.
Low Testosterone Raises Atherosclerosis Risk in Diabetic Men
Low total testosterone was associated with increased odds of greater carotid intima-media thickness and odds of endothelial dysfunction.
Physical Activity May Cut Chronic Pelvic Pain (CP/CPPS) Risk
More leisure-time physical activity conferred decreased risk of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS).
Blood in Semen Linked to High Uric Acid
Researchers concluded that hyperuricemia is a probable cause of hemospermia.
Laser Surgery Gaining on Transurethral Resection (TURP) for Enlarged Prostate
From 2000 to 2011, transurethral resection of the prostate for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) decreased and laser procedures increased.
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