Study: Confirmatory Prostate Biopsies Still Needed Despite Upfront MRI
New findings challenge recommendations from the European Association of Urology.
New findings challenge recommendations from the European Association of Urology.
Grade group 1 prostate cancers declined as a proportion of all prostate cancers.
Proteinuria and estimated glomerular filtration rate cannot accurately distinguish between ongoing inflammatory injury and chronic kidney damage in lupus nephritis, investigators pointed out.
Diabetes is a possible risk factor for major bleeding complications after percutaneous renal biopsy, according to investigators.
In a series of 25 men, radiographic evidence correctly predicted significant prostate cancer in all patients on final pathology.
Colonoscopies decreased by 45% in 2020 compared with averages in 2018 through 2019; 29% decrease seen in prostate biopsies
In a study, no patient was diagnosed with high-grade prostate cancer within 3 years following a negative prostate MRI and negative systematic prostate biopsy.
Compared with peripheral zone prostate cancers, transitional zone cancers are less prevalent and tend to have more favorable pathological characteristics.
Recent approval of new drugs for lupus nephritis and promising therapies on the horizon bode well for the care of patients with the kidney disorder.
At prostate cancer diagnosis, clinical T stage was significantly higher among 5-ARI users compared with nonusers.