Author: Dr. Savatta
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Partial Nephrectomy Offers Better Renal Preservation, Survival – Renal and Urology News
The median follow-up for patients still alive at the last follow-up was 8.3 years. The estimated overall survival rates at 10 and 15 years were 69% and 53%, respectively, for RN compared with 80% and 74%, respectively, following PN. Compared with PN-treated patients, patients who underwent RN were 75% more likely to die from any…
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Green Tea May Inhibit Prostate Cancer Tumor Growth – Renal and Urology News
Drinking green tea may play a role in the inhibition of prostate cancer tumor growth, according to a study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research’s International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research in Anaheim, Calif. via Green Tea May Inhibit Prostate Cancer Tumor Growth – Renal and Urology News. Green tea is…
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Safe removal of the urethral catheter 2 days following laparoscopic radical prostatectomy – Abstract | Prostate Cancer | UroToday | Urology Information
Results:Of the 114 patients who underwent laparoscopic prostatectomy, 64 56% were deemed suitable for removal of catheter on second postoperative day prior to discharge. The first 20 patients selected for early removal of urethral catheter were covered with a suprapubic catheter inserted at the time of surgery. Out of 64 patients deemed suitable for early…
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Is the transitional zone biopsy specimen significant for prostate cancer detection? – Abstract | Prostate Cancer | UroToday | Urology Information
RESULTS: PCa was detected on biopsy in 192 39.8% patients. PCa was detected only in the TZ for 10 patients 5.2%, only in the PZ for 69 patients 35.9%, and in both the TZ and PZ for 113 patients 58.9%. Obtaining a biopsy only from the TZ resulted in a significantly lower cancer detection rate…
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Study: Many men with prostate cancer can avoid early surgery – – UrologyTimes
Many men with prostate cancer do not need immediate treatment, especially if they have low PSA scores or low-risk tumors that are unlikely to grow and spread, according to a multicenter study that suggests such men who undergo radical prostatectomy fare no better than those undergoing observation. The study, published in the New England Journal…
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Domenico Savatta, MD FACS selected as “Top Cancer Doctor”
Domenico Savatta, M.D., graduated Tau Beta Pi, and summa cum Laude from The Cooper Union with a B.S. in engineering. He then attended SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine and was an AOA graduate. Thereafter, he completed a residency in urology at the prestigious Indiana University Medical Center, world renowned for the treatment of testicular…
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They got it wrong again – www.phillyburbs.com: Reader Voices
While prostate cancer is still the second leading cause of death for American men, early detection and advanced treatments have combined to reduce the mortality rate from prostate cancer by nearly 40 percent in the last two decades. During that same time period, we have seen dramatically less metastatic disease than in my earliest days…
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Urologists Condemn Task Forces Anti-PSA Testing Stance
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) on May 21 released its final recommendations on PSA-based screening forprostate cancer (PCa), which advises against the practice and gives it a grade D rating, meaning the task force believes there is “moderate or high certainty that the service has no net benefit or that the harms outweigh…