Clinical depression common in elderly men with LUTS
A study of Chinese elderly men with moderate-to-severe lower urinary tract symptoms shows that they are significantly more likely to experience clinical depression than men with milder symptoms. (Source: MedWire News - Urology)
Source: MedWire News - Urology - October 14, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
PSA mass ratio shows prognostic power in localized prostate cancer
Research shows that pathologic prostate-specific antigen mass ratio is a significant predictor for biochemical recurrence-free survival following radical prostatectomy for localized prostate cancer in patients with negative surgical resection margins. (Source: MedWire News - Urology)
Source: MedWire News - Urology - October 10, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Metastatic site impacts survival in targeted RCC treatment
Bone and liver metastases may have the heaviest impact on the survival of patients receiving targeted therapy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma, suggest data from the International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium. (Source: MedWire News - Urology)
Source: MedWire News - Urology - October 7, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Inpatient PSA levels ‘should be disregarded’ for prostate monitoring
Researchers from Korea say that inpatient prostate-specific antigen levels should be ignored for the purposes of serial monitoring, after finding that they are significantly reduced compared with outpatient levels. (Source: MedWire News - Urology)
Source: MedWire News - Urology - October 1, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Tool guides lymph node surgery in Asian prostate cancer patients
Researchers from Korea have developed a nomogram that predicts which Asian men with prostate cancer are most at risk for lymph node (LN) invasion. (Source: MedWire News - Urology)
Source: MedWire News - Urology - September 30, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Surgery shows first-line potential for stress urinary incontinence
The authors of a head-to-head study say that surgery should be considered as a first-line option for women with stress urinary incontinence, ahead of physiotherapy. (Source: MedWire News - Urology)
Source: MedWire News - Urology - September 26, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
QoL questionnaire predicts nocturia, risk for falling
A study of Japanese outpatients highlights the association between nighttime voiding and bone fractures, after showing that the Nocturia Quality-of-Life questionnaire can identify patients at risk for both. (Source: MedWire News - Urology)
Source: MedWire News - Urology - September 23, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Hyperthyroidism sounds urinary problem alarm
Physicians should be alert to urinary problems in women with hyperthyroidism, say researchers who found an association between the endocrine disorder and bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis. (Source: MedWire News - Urology)
Source: MedWire News - Urology - September 17, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Gene panel predicts low-risk prostate cancer fate
Researchers from the USA have identified a three-gene signature that can predict prostate cancer progression in low Gleason score tumors. (Source: MedWire News - Urology)
Source: MedWire News - Urology - September 16, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Dementia catheterization rate a ‘cause for concern’
Researchers from the UK have found that patients with dementia presenting in primary care with urinary incontinence are significantly more likely to receive pharmacologic treatment or be catheterized than other patients. (Source: MedWire News - Urology)
Source: MedWire News - Urology - September 13, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Pathologist experience critical for accurate Gleason score
Researchers from Hungary have found that concordance between the preoperative and postoperative staging of prostate cancer in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy increases with pathologist experience. (Source: MedWire News - Urology)
Source: MedWire News - Urology - September 9, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Overactive bladder leads to underactive patients
Researchers in the USA have shown that patients with overactive bladder experience significant impairment to their physical activity levels. (Source: MedWire News - Urology)
Source: MedWire News - Urology - September 4, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Novel metabolic imaging method enhances prostate cancer diagnosis
Metabolic imaging with hyperpolarized pyruvate is a noninvasive and well-tolerated method for visualizing prostate tumors, US scientists have shown. (Source: MedWire News - Urology)
Source: MedWire News - Urology - September 2, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Intermittent ADT has QoL advantage in advanced prostate cancer
Researchers say that intermittent androgen deprivation therapy may be preferable to conventional continuous treatment for some men with advanced prostate cancer. (Source: MedWire News - Urology)
Source: MedWire News - Urology - August 28, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
