Survival Chances Not Affected by Chemotherapy Before or After Bladder Cancer Surgery

15 November 2011

According to a report in the peer-reviewed journal Cancer, in advanced bladder cancer, receiving chemotherapy before or after surgery does not affect survival, as long as it is given perioperatively. Lead author James M. McKierman, MD, said that there is no clear cut randomized data to suggest that chemotherapy is better to give before [...]

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Study Finds Another Risk of Fall in Blood Pressure During Dialysis

08 November 2011

A recent study led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine found that there is an increased risk of blood clotting at the point where the patient’s blood vessels are connected to the dialysis machine known as the point of vascular access.  Researchers from the University of Utah also [...]

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No Relationship Between Small Prostate Size and High Grade Cancer

01 November 2011

Previously, radical prostatectomy series have shown an inverse relationship between prostate size and high grade cancer.  It was suggested that smaller sized prostates arise in a low androgen environment, which enables development of more aggressive cancer.  A recent study by a team of authors from Stanford University School of Medicine in the Journal of Urology, [...]

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New Technology May Encourage Doctors to Recommend Prostate Surgery

25 October 2011

A new study finds that after hospitals in Wisconsin received robotic surgery technology, the number of prostate removals there doubled within three months.  In contrast, the number of prostate surgeries remained the same at hospitals that did not purchase this new two-million dollar technology. This finding was published in the peer-reviewed journal Cancer. It comes just [...]

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Study Finds Strong Association Between Smoking and Risk for Bladder Cancer

Posted on 24 January 2012

Data from a large cohort study showed that smoking’s contribution to bladder cancer risk increased over the past 25 years, and the attributable risk in women caught up with that of men.
Current smokers increased risk of bladder cancer by four times compared to people who never smoked.  The risk among former smokers two times that [...]

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Reprogrammed Kidney Cells Could Make Transplants and Dialysis Obsolete

Posted on 20 December 2011

A recently published article in the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN) indicates that patients’ own kidney cells can be gathered and reprogrammed, which means that in the future, fewer patients with kidney disease would need complicated, expensive procedures that affect their quality of life.
Sharon Ricardo, PhD, from Monash University [...]

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Pre-op Counseling For Prostate Surgery Not Effective

Posted on 03 January 2012

Researchers have found that over half of men undergoing radical prostatectomy have unrealistic expectations about some of the outcomes.
Daniela Wittmann, MSW, and colleagues at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan found that despite a pre-operative education program, 61 percent of men expected the same or better sexual function a year [...]

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