The past two decades have witnessed the introduction a dizzying array of minimally-invasive surgical alternatives to the gold standard treatments for BPH—transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) and the open simple prostatectomy.
Preoperative PSA velocity is more useful than PSA doubling time for predicting outcomes after radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer, according to researchers.
Diagnostic PSA levels in men younger than 50 years are significantly lower than guidelines suggest, according to researchers.
The FDA has assigned priority review status to the Biologics License Application for Provenge (sipuleucel-T), an investigational immunotherapy for asymptomatic, metastatic, androgen-independent (also known as hormone refractory) prostate cancer.
Higher BMI is associated with worse survival in the general population, but appears to confer a survival advantage in patients on hemodialysis.
Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are at higher risk of death within the first 120 days of hemodialysis compared with 121-365 days after hemodialysis initiation, according to a report.
Collagen in meat supplies the amino acid hydroxyproline, which is metabolized to oxalate.
New dosing recommendations have been approved for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals’ immunosuppressant Rapamune (sirolimus).
Progressive deterioration in renal function is unusual following relief of obstructive nephropathy in most patients over a three-year period, according to British researchers.
Outcomes among pediatric peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients differ by gender and race, according to a study.
