Data from what appears to be one of the largest registry studies to date suggest that race does not increase risk for upstaging or upgrading in men who are eligible candidates for active surveillance. … READ MORE …
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A new study just published in the World Journal of Urology has provided us with data from the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Registry — Victoria (in Australia) on the progression of men initially managed on active surveillance. … READ MORE …
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In February this year we commented on an article that argued in favor of active surveillance as an appropriate initial management strategy for “favorable” intermediate-risk prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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We know that men initially diagnosed with Gleason 6 disease can (relatively frequently) be re-diagnosed later on with Gleason 7 disease or a higher Gleason score if they are on active surveillance protocols — although we often don’t know why this happens. … READ MORE …
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We are starting to see the development of nomograms that can be used to project the risk for future upgrading of men who are diagnosed with very low- and low-risk prostate cancer and who initially meet criteria for active surveillance as a first-line management strategy. … READ MORE …
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In another key paper to be presented at the Genitourinary Oncology Symposium in Orlando tomorrow, Klotz and his colleagues have provided data on the rate of pathological upgrading at re-biopsy in their large cohort of patients on active surveillance at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center in Toronto. … READ MORE …
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The ability to predict risk for Gleason score upgrading in patients who have any form of treatment other than radical prostatectomy can be important, because it may help treating physicians and their patients to optimize first-line therapy. … READ MORE …
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Today’s news reports comment on:
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In today’s news report we note new articles on:
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Part B of today’s prostate cancer news update includes information about:
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Today’s news items are focused on issues affecting risk for prostate cancer and risk for progression after treatment, and the ways these risks can be affected by available data:
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