Tag: Prostate Cancer

  • Positive Margins in Laparoscopic prostatectomy

    UroToday – European Urology – Preoperative and Intraoperative Risk Factors for Side-Specific Positive Surgical Margins in Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy for Prostate Cancer Suspected ECE on endorectal coil MRI had neither protective effect nor increased risk for PSMs, which means that, whereas this variable may help with surgical planning, its capacity to decrease PSM rates remains…

  • Testosterone replacement after seeds for prostate cancer

    Testosterone Replacement May Be Safe After Prostate Cancer NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 23 – Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) appears safe for men who experience hypogonadal symptoms after brachytherapy for prostate cancer. “Men who have undergone potentially curative treatment for prostate cancer but also suffer from severe effects of hypogonadism may benefit from a trial…

  • Prostate Cancer: Researchers find genetic links

    Scientists have identified several genetic risk factors for prostate cancer, shedding new light on the cause of a leading worldwide cancer killer among men that hits U.S. blacks especially hard. ‘The importance of it is that this is the first real evidence of the genetic basis of prostate cancer,’ said Dr. Brian Henderson, dean of…

  • Do you need to remove the whole prostate if I have prostate cancer surgery

    This is one of the most common questions that patients ask me, especially if the cancer is confined to one area on biopsy. With robotic surgery I am able to remove part of a prostate if I want to, and I often do that for BPH operations. For prostate cancer it is not the correct…

  • You probably should perform a repeat biopsy after high grade pin (HGPIN)

    IngentaConnect The incidence of high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia a…: CONCLUSION: Identifying multifocal HGPIN on first saturation biopsy is associated with an overall cancer detection rate of 80% on repeat 10-12-core biopsy. Although there were few patients, the detection of multifocal HGPIN warrants additional searches for concurrent invasive carcinoma by repeated biopsy. The diagnosis of high…

  • Prostate cancer options now on google documents.

    My prostate cancer counseling sheet.  This is meant to give an idea of the major forms of prostate cancer therapy and are the main one I focus on at a consultation for newly diagnosed prostate cancer.  This should only be used under the supervision of a urologist. A printable form can be found online. This…

  • Welcome to a medical oncology blogger

    Dr.Kattlove’s Cancer Blog: If you have prostate cancer, that isn’t a bad idea. Recently surgeons from Detroit’s Henry Ford Hospitals reported their outcomes using the da Vinci robotic system in over 2500 men (European Urology 2007;51:648-58). With the da Vinci, which has been in use in the U.S. for prostate cancer surgery since 2000, the…

  • PSA screening lowers risk of finding advanced prostate cancer

    UroToday – European Urology – Prostate Cancer Screening Decreases the Absolute Risk of Being Diagnosed with Advanced Prostate Cancer—Results from a Prospective, Population-Based Randomized Controlled Trial Conclusions: Even though the reduction in metastasis at the time of diagnosis seen in the present study is a prerequisite for a successful prostate cancer-screening program, the ultimate outcome…

  • What is proper etiquette for the newly diagnosed cancer patient/doctor relationship?

    I received a phone call yesterday from a young man that was newly diagnosed with prostate cancer from the southeast. He was interested in robotic surgery and had several questions. He told me he found a local urologist who performs robotic surgery and asked me what kind of questions he could ask. He was turned…