Transplant Outcomes Not Worse in Diabetics
MILAN—Diabetics who receive a renal transplant have clinical outcomes comparable to those of nondiabetics, data suggest.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Smoking Increase Renal Graft Failure Risk
MILAN—Smoking increases the risk for graft failure and death among renal transplant recipients, investigators have concluded.
CKD Progression Linked to CAC
CKD patients with coronary artery calcification (CAC) are at increased risk for renal function decline, according to investigators at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont.
New AUA Recommendation: Start Offering PSA Testing at 40
CHICAGO—The American Urological Association (AUA) recommends that PSA testing should be offered to well-informed men aged 40 years and older who have a life expectancy of at least 10 years.
Prostate Cancer Vaccine Improves Survival
CHICAGO—Sipuleucel-T (Provenge), an experimental immunotherapeutic vaccine, prolonged survival in men with metastatic, androgen-independent prostate cancer, according to study findings presented here at the American Urological Association annual meeting.
PSA Density Predicts Worse Prostate Cancer Pathology
PSA density (PSAD) predicts pathologic upstaging following radical prostatectomy (RP) for prostate cancer, a study found.
PSA Is Not Enough to Assess Prostate Cancer Risk
Canadian researchers say it may be time to move beyond PSA-based predictions of prostate cancer risk. New technology and gene-based markers make it possible to use a more individualized approach that considers all prostate cancer risk factors.
Unresectable RCC Tumors Respond to Sunitinib
ORLANDO—Sunitinib may have antitumor activity against unresectable primary renal cell carcinoma (RCC), permitting resection in some patients, according to preliminary results from an ongoing phase 2 trial.
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