Genitourinary Cancer
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Psoriasis Patients Have Low Rates of Common Cancers
Major Finding: There were 232 cancer cases in 3,289 psoriasis patients, for a cumulative incidence rate of 588/100,000 population with psoriasis,...
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The Long and the Short of Bladder Cancer Survival
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Sildenafil Protects Sexual Function Following Prostate Radiation
Major Finding: Overall total International Index of Erectile Function scores were significantly higher among men who took sildenafil at 6 (P = ....
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Inoperable Kidney Cancer Responds to Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Major Finding: The radiographic response rate of stable disease or decreased tumor volume was 94% in 20 patients, but the pathological response...
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Tuberous Sclerosis Skin Lesions Improved on Everolimus
Major Finding: Of the patients on everolimus, 42% in EXIST-1 and 26% in EXIST-2 had significant improvements in their skin lesions, compared with...
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Radiation Plus Hormonal Therapy Boosts Prostate Cancer Survival
Major Finding: At a median follow-up of 8 years, the addition of radiation therapy to androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) was associated with...
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Only Short-Term Advantage for Protons in Prostate Cancer
Major Finding: Mean patient-reported bowel quality-of-life scores in the immediate posttreatment period were 93.7 on a scale of 0-100 for PBT, 78....
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Trastuzumab Role May Be Limited in HER2-Positive Bladder Cancer
Major Finding: Median progression-free survival was 10.5 months without trastuzumab and 8.3 months with trastuzumab (P = .33).Data Source: Data...
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mTOR Inhibitors Tank in Three Advanced Kidney Cancer Trials
Major Finding: In one trial, the primary end point of progression-free survival by independent review reached 9.1 months with temsirolimus and...
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Postop Radiation Slows Prostate Cancer Progression
Major Finding: Among postprostatectomy patients, 39.4% of patients who underwent immediate radiation had biochemical progression, versus 61.8% of...