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Most Skeletal-Related Events Due to Bony Metastases

Mar 7, 2010 12:10am

SAN FRANCISCO—Skeletal-related events (SREs) in patients with metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer (mHRPC) are mostly due to bony metastatic disease and not decreased bone mineral density (BMD), according to British researchers....

Radical Prostatectomy May Offer Better Survival than Radiotherapy

Mar 6, 2010 9:33am

SAN FRANCISCO—Radical prostatectomy (RP) is associated with improved overall survival compared with radiation therapy in men with clinically localized prostate cancer, data suggest....

Drinking Alcohol Raises Prostate Cancer Risk in African Americans

Mar 6, 2010 9:30am

SAN FRANCISCO—Alcohol consumption may be associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer in African-American men, according to researchers....

Hemodialysis Patient Outcomes After Long-Term Care Hospital Stays

Mar 6, 2010 7:57am

Most hemodialysis (HD) patients admitted to a long-term care hospital (LTCH) are either re-admitted to acute-care hospitals or require nursing home placement, according to researchers....

Urine Test Accurately Predicts Significant Prostate Cancer

Mar 6, 2010 12:58am

SAN FRANCISCO—A new urine test based on a highly specific gene-fusion biomarker may accurately predict the presence of clinically significant prostate cancers at biopsy and radical prostatectomy, according to findings presented here at the Genitourinary Cancers Symposium....

PCA3 Beats PSA in Predicting Prostate Biopsy Outcomes

Mar 5, 2010 10:39am

SAN FRANCISCO—The prostate cancer gene 3 (PCA3) molecular urine test is more accurate than the PSA test in predicting outcomes of repeat biopsies, new findings confirm....

Renal Cell Carinoma Type Tied to Time on Dialysis

Mar 4, 2010 7:55am

The histologic type of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) arising in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) may be related to the time on dialysis, according to a study....

Renal Disaster Relief Arrives in Haiti

Mar 2, 2010 5:59am

Nephrologists and other renal care professionals faced formidible obstacles in treating individuals with earthquake-related kidney injuries....

Nocturnal Hemodialysis Superior for Phosphate Lowering

Mar 2, 2010 3:45am

Patients who undergo nocturnal hemodialysis (NHD) experience significant decreases in serum phosphate compared with patients on conventional hemodialysis (HD), despite a reduction in the use of phosphate binders, according to Canadian researchers....

Pre-Nephrectomy Sorafenib Shrinks Renal Cancer Tumors

Feb 25, 2010 1:17am

Administering sorafenib prior to nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) can reduce the size of the primary tumor with adding to the risk of surgery, according to researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill....