According to an article in the journal Cancer, men with low-risk prostate cancer diagnosed and managed at high-volume hospitals are 3.6 times more likely to be managed on active surveillance than those managed at low-volume institutions. … READ MORE …
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As we have pointed out regularly over the years, all prostate cancers are by no means the same. And a recently published paper in European Urology makes the inherent diversity in the subtypes of prostate cancer even clearer — even within any one specific patient. … READ MORE …
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In a newly published paper based on work by a Swiss research team, the authors come to the conclusion that there is vast variation in the informational needs of men diagnosed with relatively early stage prostate cancer. This will come as no great surprise to most prostate cancer support group leaders and other prostate cancer educators! … READ MORE …
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One of the problems with the use of the PSA test as an indicator of risk for prostate cancer is that the PSA values of specific individuals can vary over time … whether cancer is present or not. … READ MORE …
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Barocas and Penson have offered a helpful new review of racial variation in the patterns and the quality of care offered to prostate cancer patients in the USA. The entire paper is available on line through the UroToday web site. … READ MORE …
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Frankly … not that much … but a new “brief review” in BJU International provides a good summary of the little that we really do know about the variations between specific areas of human DNA (“gene polymorphism”) and the relationship of such genetic variation to risk for prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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An important paper has just been published by a highly respected team of specialists doing research into the role of genetic variations in assessment of risk for prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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