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Alternative sunitinib treatment schedules for mRCC may be worth the switch

Some patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma who are switched from a traditional sunitinib treatment schedule to an alternative schedule fare better on survival measures and suffer fewer adverse events, a Japanese study has found.

22 Jul 2014

Marker identified for population of renal cancer cells with stem-cell-like features

Researchers have identified a population of clear cell renal cell carcinoma cells positive for the CTR2 marker that possess some stem-cell-like features and are able to induce an angiogenic response in vivo. Targeting CTR2 was shown to decrease drug resistance to cisplatin.

22 Jul 2014

New molecules and biopharmaceuticals enhance patient's immune response against tumors

Researchers at the University of Arkansas have been awarded $1.5 million from the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health to develop new molecules and biopharmaceuticals that enhance a patient's immune response against tumors.

22 Jul 2014

Epigenetic test helps eliminate unnecessary repeat prostate biopsies

More than one million prostate biopsies are performed each year in the U.S. alone, including many repeat biopsies for fear of cancer missed. Therefore there is a need to develop diagnostic tests that will help avoid unnecessary repeat biopsies.

22 Jul 2014

Beckman announces national availability of Prostate Health Index

Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, a global leader in prostate cancer diagnostics, announces national availability of the Prostate Health Index (phi)*, a simple, non‐invasive blood test that is three times more specific in detecting prostate cancer1 than PSA (prostate‐specific antigen).

22 Jul 2014

α1-adrenoceptor blockade improves nocturia and sleep quality

Treatment with an α1-adrenoceptor antagonist drug is associated with significant improvements in nocturia, sleep quality and lower urinary tract symptoms in women with voiding symptoms, study findings show.

21 Jul 2014

Sixteen cores better than 12 for prostate cancer detection

Sixteen-core prostate biopsy has a slightly higher cancer detection rate than 12-core biopsy, but with a similar safety profile and no increased detection of clinically insignificant tumours, study findings show.

21 Jul 2014

Robot-assisted surgery to control prostate cancer effective in controlling disease for 10 years

Robot-assisted surgery to remove cancerous prostate glands is effective in controlling the disease for 10 years, according to a new study led by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital.

17 Jul 2014

Scientists sequence genome of Asian liver fluke, a cancer-causing parasite

Scientists have sequenced the genome and characterised the genes of the Asian liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini. This parasite causes diseases that affect millions of people in Asia and is associated with a fatal bile duct cancer.

16 Jul 2014

Mayo Clinic achieves Honor Roll status in U.S. News and World Report's top hospitals ranking

Mayo Clinic has achieved the highest honor in U.S. News and World Report's ranking of top hospitals. Mayo Clinic earned more number one rankings than any other provider, ranking number one or number two in 11 of the 12 specialties based on reputation, services and volumes, safety and clinical outcomes.

16 Jul 2014

Game theory identifies ideal time to disrupt metastatic cancer cell cooperation

Cancer's no game, but researchers at Johns Hopkins are borrowing ideas from evolutionary game theory to learn how cells cooperate within a tumor to gather energy.

16 Jul 2014

Mount Sinai Hospital earns top rankings on the U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals Honor Roll

By earning "top rankings" in six out of 16 medical specialties, The Mount Sinai Hospital achieved "Honor Roll" status in this year's U.S. News & World Report "Best Hospitals" guidebook.

16 Jul 2014

Memorial Sloan Kettering ranked number one cancer hospital in the U.S.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is proud and honored to announce it has been named the number one hospital for cancer care in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report in its annual listing of Best Hospitals. Since the inception of the revered list 25 years ago, MSK has held either the first or second spot each year.

16 Jul 2014

Cedars-Sinai named to Honor Roll in America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report

With 12 medical specialties rated among the finest in the nation, Cedars-Sinai has been named to the Honor Roll in the 2014-15 issue of America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.

16 Jul 2014

Prostate cancer more likely to be aggressive in younger men

The number of younger men diagnosed with prostate cancer has increased nearly 6-fold in the last 20 years, and the disease is more likely to be aggressive in these younger men, according to a new analysis from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.

16 Jul 2014

Urgency Questionnaire validated for use in overactive bladder

The symptom of urinary urgency experienced by people with overactive bladder is a pathological sensation distinctive from the normal urge to void, US researchers believe.

15 Jul 2014

LUTS questionnaire validated in Japanese population

The Core Lower Urinary Symptom Score questionnaire has been validated for use in Japanese patients and may be useful as a screening tool in both clinical or research settings, researchers report.

15 Jul 2014

Urge incontinence therapy may relieve stress incontinence

Anticholinergic medication appears to be effective as a treatment for stress and mixed urinary incontinence, results of a small clinical trial indicate.

15 Jul 2014

Nocturia affects one in three premenopausal women

Nocturia affects around one-third of women of reproductive age, a survey has found, highlighting that the condition is not confined to elderly individuals.

15 Jul 2014

New research explores why active surveillance underused in patients with prostate cancer

New research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is shedding light on the important role a diagnosing urologist plays in whether older men with low-risk prostate cancer receive treatment for their disease, and if so, the type of treatment they receive as a result.

15 Jul 2014

Urology News and Research

Latest Urology News and Research

Alternative sunitinib treatment schedules for mRCC may be worth the switch

Marker identified for population of renal cancer cells with stem-cell-like features

New molecules and biopharmaceuticals enhance patient's immune response against tumors

Epigenetic test helps eliminate unnecessary repeat prostate biopsies

Beckman announces national availability of Prostate Health Index

α1-adrenoceptor blockade improves nocturia and sleep quality

Sixteen cores better than 12 for prostate cancer detection

Robot-assisted surgery to control prostate cancer effective in controlling disease for 10 years

Scientists sequence genome of Asian liver fluke, a cancer-causing parasite

Mayo Clinic achieves Honor Roll status in U.S. News and World Report's top hospitals ranking

Game theory identifies ideal time to disrupt metastatic cancer cell cooperation

Mount Sinai Hospital earns top rankings on the U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals Honor Roll

Memorial Sloan Kettering ranked number one cancer hospital in the U.S.

Cedars-Sinai named to Honor Roll in America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report

Prostate cancer more likely to be aggressive in younger men

Urgency Questionnaire validated for use in overactive bladder

LUTS questionnaire validated in Japanese population

Urge incontinence therapy may relieve stress incontinence

Nocturia affects one in three premenopausal women

New research explores why active surveillance underused in patients with prostate cancer

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