Genitourinary Cancer
Original Report
Measuring priority symptoms in advanced bladder cancer: development and initial validation of a brief symptom index
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New test beats PSA in predicting significant prostate Ca
Major finding: The probability of significant prostate cancer was 8.5% for men with a Prostate Health Index (phi) level of 27.0-35.9, 14.4% for...
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Consequences of not screening for prostate cancer prove dire
Major finding: Men who first presented with a PSA score of 100 ng/mL or greater survived a median of just 18 months.Data source: A study of 71 men...
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Postop surveillance sufficient for stage I testicular cancer
Major finding: The 10-year cancer-specific survival was 99.6%.Data source: Retrospective, nationwide cohort study of surveillance in 1,822 men...
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FDA approves radiotherapy for metastatic prostate cancer
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Forecast warns of urologist shortage
Major finding: The forecast model estimates a 29% head count reduction and a 25% decrease in the full-time equivalent (FTE) supply of urologists...
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FDA advisory panel decides tivozanib falls short for advanced renal cell carcinoma
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Obesity linked to prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia
Major finding: Obese men were more than twice as likely to have PIN detected in their initial benign prostate biopsy specimens (OR = 2.17; 95% CI...
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DNA changes predict prostate cancer death
Major finding: Death from prostate cancer was 50 times more likely in patients whose localized tumors contained a loss of the PTEN gene and an...
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Abdominal, thoracic CT scans reliably detect incidental low lumbar BMD
Major Finding: Conventional abdominal and CT scans performed for various indications were more accurate than DXA at assessing lumbar BMD and...
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Axitinib eyed as first-line therapy for mRCC
Major finding: Median progression-free survival was 10.1 months in the axitinib arm and 6.5 months in the sorafenib arm. (HR, 0.77; one-sided P...