In a study of radical prostatectomy patients with Gleason score 7 prostate cancer, the risk for biochemical recurrence more than doubled in the presence of tertiary pattern 5 disease.
Uniform use of computed tomography for hematuria workups marginally increases detection of urinary tract cancers while raising the risk for secondary cancers from imaging-associated radiation, researchers concluded.
Investigators observed no differences in surgery time, blood loss, and hospital stay, with deferred vs upfront cytoreductive nephrectomy.
In a population-based study, PN was associated with improved cancer-specific survival by 56%.
Older men with favorable intermediate-risk prostate cancer treated in the West, Northwest, or Midwest were the biggest adopters of AS during the years 2010 and 2015.
In a meta-analysis, partial and radical nephrectomy were associated with similar long-term overall survival, but cancer-specific survival was better with radical nephrectomy.
In a study, combining targeted and systematic biopsy detected 11% to 33% more prostate cancers than either method alone.
In a study of prostate cancer patients from North Carolina, only 15% received monitoring as recommended by the NCCN.
In 2015, black men were 16% less likely than nonblack men to choose active surveillance or watchful waiting for low-risk prostate cancer.
In a study, just 12.1% of cases with focal positive surgical margins (PSM) experienced biochemical recurrence compared with 54.1% of those with extensive PSM.
