Posted on December 11, 2013 by Sitemaster
Every patient who has had a radical prostatectomy (and many others too) know what a urinary catheter is. The idea that it might engender poetry is a little “out of left field”. However, … READ MORE …
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Posted on August 26, 2008 by Sitemaster
There are several interesting news items today, as follows:
- Ethnic variation in the performance of PSA and PSA density as markers for risk of prostate cancer
- Potential underuse of active surveillance in eligible patients
- Application of active surveillance in a 40-patient case series
- The potential to eliminate the need for a urethral (Foley) catheter post-surgery
- Circulating tumor cell levels as a predictor for response to androgen deprivation therapy … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Management, Treatment, Uncategorized | Tagged: active, androgen, cancer, catheter, CTC, density, deprivation, ethnicity, news, prostate, PSA, race, surveillance, update | 1 Comment »
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