Genitourinary Cancer
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Ways to lessen toxic effects of chemo in older adults
Three recent high-quality randomized trials evaluated the use of geriatric assessment in older adults with cancer.
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As predicted: jump in metastatic prostate cancer diagnoses
Concerns over unnecessary prostatectomies took precedence over the benefits of screening for early high-risk disease.
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Filling opioid prescriptions akin to a Sisyphean task
“Instead of preserving access to desperately needed pain medicine for those suffering with serious illness, states and insurers have aggressively...
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Testicular cancer mortality rates dip for Hispanic men
However, mortality rates for Black men have improved, shows a small study.
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Sotorasib demonstrates clinically meaningful difference in pancreatic cancer
Sotorasib is under study as a treatment for patients with advanced solid tumors.
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Bladder cancer need not always require radical cystectomy
The oncologic outcomes are equivalent whether patients have trimodal therapy or radical cystectomy.
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Testicular cancer deaths rising among Hispanic men
“It is concerning that mortality rates for this disease are increasing,” researcher says.
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63% of patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma respond to chemo before surgery
Study authors suggest neoadjuvant chemotherapy should be a new standard of care for high-grade upper tract urothelial carcinoma.
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MRI far safer than CT for guiding radiotherapy in prostate cancer
MRI guidance more than halved the risk of genitourinary toxicities.
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Twitter storm over ‘reprehensible behavior’ at conference podium
“It’s a teachable moment & the lesson is simple: be kind to ur colleagues.”
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“I didn’t want to meet you.” Dispelling myths about palliative care
This is the first installment of “Diminutio,” a column by Sarah D’Ambruoso, NP, a palliative care nurse in oncology. Today, she shares stories...