ONCR || Genitourinary

Specialists drive overtreatment of low-risk prostate cancer

Posted on: 14/07/2014 - 21:00

Low-risk prostate cancer in older men is still being overtreated, according to two separate studies that examined the issue from different perspectives, both of which were published online July 14 in...

Field of Interest: Oncology
Type: News Item

Dogs detect prostate cancer VOCs in urine

Posted on: 04/06/2014 - 20:20

ORLANDO – Specially trained dogs accurately detected specific prostate cancer volatile organic compounds in urine samples from patients with varying stages of disease and risk levels in a controlled...

Field of Interest: Oncology
Type: News Item

Clinical data support earlier PSA testing in black men

Posted on: 21/05/2014 - 14:30

ORLANDO – Tumors detected following prostate-specific antigen screening in black men aged 40-54 years had more favorable clinico-pathologic characteristics than those detected in black men aged 55-70...

Field of Interest: Oncology
Type: News Item

Midlife PSA measure predicted lethal prostate cancer

Posted on: 20/05/2014 - 18:55

ORLANDO – A single prostate specific antigen level measurement before age 60 years in the setting of opportunistic screening predicted lethal prostate cancer in later life, according to findings from...

Field of Interest: Oncology
Type: News Item

Vitamin D deficiency predicts aggressive prostate cancer

Posted on: 01/05/2014 - 05:05

Among African American men with abnormal prostate-specific antigen levels or abnormal findings on digital rectal examination of the prostate, biopsies are more likely to detect prostate cancer in...

Field of Interest: Oncology
Type: News Item

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