Tag: Prostate Cancer

  • Urinary function study comparing lap and open RRP

    Medscape: Prostatectomy Approaches Have Similar Continence Impact Open radical retropubic prostatectomy and laparoscopic radical prostatectomy to do not lead to significantly different rates of urinary incontinence postoperatively, Canadian researchers report in the February issue of the Journal of Urology.

  • Radiation and hormonal therapy may lead to penile shortening.

    Prostate cancer treatment may shorten penis – Yahoo! News NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Men who receive combination treatment with hormone therapy plus radiation for local or locally advanced prostate cancer may experience a significant reduction in penile length, according to a report in the January issue of the Journal of Urology . It has…

  • Men with sons may be less likely to have prostate cancer

    ScienceDaily: Men With No Sons More At Risk For Prostate Cancer, According To New Study “We surveyed vital status and cancer incidence, and found a strong trend for a decrease in prostate cancer risk as the number of sons increased,” said Susan Harlap, MD, professor of clinical Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health,…

  • Patients with diabetes may be at decreased risk of developing prostate cancer

    UroToday – A Meta-Analysis of Diabetes Mellitus and the Risk of Prostate Cancer A Meta-Analysis of Diabetes Mellitus and the Risk of Prostate Cancer BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) – In 2004 a meta-analysis reported that patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) had a statistically significant decrease in risk (9%) of developing prostate cancer (CaP). This has now…

  • Prostate cancer site by AstraZeneca

    There is a decent website from a pharmaceutical company: prostateinfo.com. It does a decent job of going over the basics involved in screening and explaining the treatment options. My one big criticism is that is out of date when it comes to robotic surgery and how accepted it is, making up about 30-35% of all…

  • Robotic Surgery Growth: November 2006

    November 2006 robotic breakdown For November I performed 21 robotic operations: 15 robotic prostate removals (dvP), 2 removals of a part of a kidney (robotic simple nephrectomy), 1 kidney (robotic nephrectomy), 2 removals of parts of a prostate for BPH (simple prostatectomy), and 1 reconstruction. This was the 1st month that I performed 20 robotic…

  • Survival advantage with surgery for elderly patients with prostate cancer?

    JAMA — Survival Associated With Treatment vs Observation of Localized Prostate Cancer in Elderly Men, December 13, 2006, Wong et al. 296 (22): 2683 Conclusions This study suggests a survival advantage is associated with active treatment for low- and intermediate-risk prostate cancer in elderly men aged 65 to 80 years. Because observational data cannot completely…

  • Improvement in positive margins with robotic surgery

    Robotic Prostatectomy can reduce positive margins Source- Surgery News p. 13 This was an abstract presented at SLS meeting in Boston in September. The 2 urologists showed a dramatic improvement in positive margins from their last 100 prostatectomies done open to the first 93 done robotically. The organ confined changes for each surgeon were 37%…

  • Surgeon influence on prostate cancer outcomes

    UroToday – Prostate Cancer Surgery Outcomes: Surgeon Dependent Factors “Subgroup analysis showed superior recurrence free survival for patients treated by surgeons with greater than 1,000 operations compared to less than 50 operations. After 250 surgeries, the curves plateau.” This was a presentation by one of the worlds best prostate cancer surgeons, Dr. Peter Scardino. Pertinent…