Study Could Help Define Role of DRE
Researchers in the Netherlands who examined the value of digital rectal examination (DRE) in prostate cancer screening concluded that in a subgroup of men, DRE may be useful in avoiding unnecessary biopsies.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Study: Obesity Raises PCa Death Risk
Obeisty, but not diabetes, is associated with greater prostate cancer mortality among men receiving combined modality treatment for local advanced disease, data show.
‘Male Lumpectomy’ Preserves Potency
Focal cryoablation for prostate cancer, the so-called male lumpectomy, appears to preserve potency in most men and limits other complications, especially in-continence, without compromising cancer control, said researchers.
The Nutritional Benefits of Exercise
Resistance exercise added to oral supplements may boost net muscle protein balance.
Consortium Establishes Criteria for Single-Port Surgery
A multidisciplinary consortium of 28 surgeons from the United States and around the world convened for a one-day closed-door brainstorming meeting at Cleveland Clinic on July 7. The consortium’s goal was to establish an approach to advance responsibly the rapidly growing field of single-portal laparoscopic surgery.
Single-Port Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery
The recently developed single-port, multichannel access approach to urologic surgery may allow many common laparoscopic and robotic procedures to be performed entirely through the patient’s umbilicus, enabling essentially scarless abdominal surgery. To date, Cleveland Clinic has performed 115 single-port laparoscopic procedures for various indications.
Artificial Kidney Could Replace Dialysis
Most patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) depend on hemodialysis and suffer excessive mortality and morbidity. Kidney failure is becoming an epidemic in the United States, fueled by diabetes, obesity and, paradoxically, improved cardiac care.
Shared Philosophy and Natural Partnership
A year and a half ago, Cleveland Clinic’s Glickman Urological Institute and Nephrology Department joined to form the Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute. Merging urologists, nephrologists, kidney and pancreas transplant surgeons, hypertension specialists, dialysis physicians, and scientists into one group was part of an institution-wide movement at Cleveland Clinic that organized clinical areas around organ and disease systems rather than individual specialties.
Erythropoietin May Ease Post-Op ED
Men with normal erectile function who receive erythropoietin a day before undergoing nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy may have better recovery of erectile function after surgery, according to investigators.
The Need for Renal & Urology News
A highly respected senior nephrologist and renowned opinion leader, who also happened to be my good old friend and colleague, asked me why I and some other academicians are involved in supporting such non-peer-reviewed journals as Renal & Urology News (RUN).
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