Genitourinary Cancer
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Registry data: No increase in prostate cancer risk with long-term TRT
Key clinical finding: Testosterone replacement poses no increased risk of prostate cancer when used long term in hypogonadal men.Major finding:...
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Delaying ADT for PSA-only prostate cancer relapse appears safe
Major finding: Among men with rising PSA after definitive prostate cancer therapy, estimated 5-year overall survival was 87.2% for men who delayed...
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Vitamin D deficiency predicts aggressive prostate cancer
Major finding: Vitamin D deficiency was strongly associated with a biopsy finding of prostate cancer among African Americans (odds ratio, 2.43),...
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Chronic kidney disease may raise cancer risk
Major finding: Patients with chronic kidney disease had an adjusted 55% increased risk of cancer-related mortality during a mean 8.9 years of...
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Chronic inflammation linked to high-grade prostate cancer
Major finding: Men with at least one prostate biopsy core with inflammation had 2.24 times the odds of high-grade prostate cancer as men who had...
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Health behaviors among testicular cancer survivors
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First reported case of tumor hypoglycemia from recurrent renal cell carcinoma
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Women had worse survival after radical cystectomy
Major finding: Women had a significantly increased risk of bladder cancer recurrence (hazard ratio, 1.16; P = .03) and of cancer-specific...
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Prophylactic tadalafil ineffective after prostate cancer radiotherapy
Major finding: The primary outcome of retained erectile function 6 weeks after completion of the study agent was reported by 79% of men who took...
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Biomarkers in urine outperformed cytology and cytoscopy
Major finding: A three-marker DNA methylation panel from urine sediments accurately predicted recurrence after bladder tumor resection in 80% of...
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Low UTI rates after foregoing prophylactic antibiotics for cystoscopy
Major Finding: 1.9% of tumor patients who forewent prophylactic antibiotics developed febrile urinary tract infections after flexible cystoscopy....