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Secondary circulating prostate cells predict biochemical failure in prostate cancer patients after radical prostatectomy and without evidence of disease - Abstract

Published on Monday, 17 June 2013 20:08

Introduction: Although 90% of prostate cancer is considered to be localized, 20%-30% of patients will experience biochemical failure (BF), defined as serum PSA >0.2 ng/mL, after radical prostatectomy (RP).

Racial differences in social support and coping among family caregivers of patients with prostate cancer - Abstract

Published on Monday, 17 June 2013 20:02

More than 60 million Americans are informal caregivers to adults, which can negatively affect their health.

Prostate cancer risk in rre-diabetic men: A matched cohort study - Abstract

Published on Monday, 17 June 2013 19:58

Background: Diagnosis and duration of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) appears to be associated with decreased prostate cancer risk.

High dose rate brachytherapy as monotherapy for localised prostate cancer: A hypofractionated two-implant approach in 351 consecutive patients - Abstract

Published on Monday, 17 June 2013 19:53

BACKGROUND: To report the clinical outcome of high dose rate brachytherapy as sole treatment for clinically localised prostate cancer.

Real-time contrast-enhanced transrectal US-guided prostate biopsy: Diagnostic accuracy in men with previously negative biopsy results and positive MR imaging findings - Abstract

Published on Monday, 17 June 2013 16:22

Purpose: To retrospectively evaluate diagnostic accuracy of real-time contrast material-enhanced (CE) ultrasonography (US) transrectal US-guided biopsies in patients with persistently elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels, previous negative systematic transrectal US-guided biopsy results, and positive prostate multiparametric magnetic resonance (MR) findings.

Can delayed time to referral to a tertiary level urologist with an abnormal PSA level affect subsequent Gleason grade in the opportunistically screened population? - Abstract

Published on Monday, 17 June 2013 16:16

PURPOSE: There is growing conflict in the literature describing the effect of delayed treatment on outcomes following radical prostatectomy.

Sentinel lymph node dissection in more than 1200 prostate cancer cases: Rate and prediction of lymph node involvement depending on preoperative tumor characteristics - Abstract

Published on Monday, 17 June 2013 16:10

OBJECTIVES: To stratify the rate and prediction of lymph node involvement in prostate cancer patients undergoing sentinel-lymphadenectomy depending on preoperative tumor characteristics, and to compare the outcome with the European Association of Urology Guideline indication for lymphadenectomy.

A discussion of the value and benefit of transrectal power Doppler sonography for detecting low-risk prostate cancers, "Beyond the Abstract," by J.-L. Sauvain, and E. Sauvain

Published on Friday, 14 June 2013 17:08

BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - The value of sonography combined with color Doppler sonography and power Doppler sonography (PDS) in the detection of prostate cancer has given rise to a great many evaluations.

Radiotherapy with rectangular fields is associated with fewer clinical failures than conformal fields in the high-risk prostate cancer subgroup: Results from a randomized trial - Abstract

Published on Friday, 14 June 2013 16:46

OBJECTIVE: High-risk prostate cancer patients are at risk for subclinical disease and micro-metastasis at the time of treatment.

Sperm banking is of key importance in patients with prostate cancer - Abstract

Published on Friday, 14 June 2013 16:41

OBJECTIVE: To assess the need for sperm banking among patients with prostate cancer (PCa) who are candidates for radical prostatectomy (RP).

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