Urology News
April 26, 2024
Top Headlines
Jan. 9, 2024 More than 65,000 men fall ill with prostate cancer each year in Germany. Twelve thousand of them develop a treatment-resistant form which eventually ends in death. Now, a team of researchers has developed an active substance that might in future ...
Nov. 6, 2023 Men who are overweight or obese at age 18 have a higher risk of 17 different cancers later in life. This has been shown in a study at the University of Gothenburg. The research also describes how the youth obesity epidemic is expected to affect the ...
Oct. 2, 2023 Investigators have developed a new approach for treating invasive bladder cancer without the need for surgical removal of the bladder. Removing the bladder is currently a standard approach when ...
Aug. 14, 2023 Patients with localized prostate cancer have a good chance of survival, but mortality rates among those with advanced, metastatic forms of the condition remain high. Until now, the precise mechanism ...
Latest Headlines
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Apr. 10, 2024 A large randomized trial shows that a new three-step prostate cancer screening method can find a considerable number of aggressive cancers. ...
Jan. 23, 2024 A 10-year follow up study of nearly 2,500 U.S. men who received prostate cancer treatment will help inform decision making in terms of treatments and ...
Jan. 14, 2024 Having more frequent urinary incontinence and leakage amounts is associated with higher odds of disability, according to ...
Aug. 21, 2023 Using MRI as a screening test alongside PSA density allowed detection of cancers that would have been missed by the blood test alone, according to new ...
July 19, 2023 Three new biomarkers for prostate cancer have been identified to help pinpoint potentially aggressive cases of the disease, which kills 300,000 men each ...
July 12, 2023 Prostate cancer is a leading cause of death among American men, and it's resistant to one of the most powerful chemotherapy medications -- cisplatin. Now, researchers have developed the first therapy ...
Mar. 16, 2023 The combination of two oral medications has shown positive results in people with prostate cancer, whose disease has spread to other parts of the ...
Mar. 9, 2023 New research shows that men who stick to a predominantly Mediterranean diet are less likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer. This diet also improves their chances of recovery if they have PC and ...
Mar. 9, 2023 Researchers have developed an ultra-soft and highly stretchable tissue-adhesive hydrogel-based multifunctional implantable sensor for monitoring of ...
Feb. 23, 2023 Bowel leakage, the need for anal incontinence protection and a restricted social life may cause severe, decades-long suffering among women with obstetric injuries to the anal opening, according to a ...
Earlier Headlines
Jan. 23, 2024 Combining testosterone-blocking drugs in patients with prostate cancer relapse prevents the spread of cancer better than treatment with a single drug, a multi-institution, Phase 3 clinical trial has ...
Feb. 7, 2023 Researchers have helped develop a new blood test to detect prostate cancer with greater accuracy than current methods. New research shows that the Prostate Screening EpiSwitch (PSE) blood test is ...
Jan. 23, 2023 Researchers discover a potential therapeutic avenue via neuronal endocrine receptors that could be helpful in battling an aggressive form of prostate ...
Dec. 14, 2022 A single bout of exercise has been shown to elevate anti-cancer proteins called myokines in people with advanced prostate cancer, to levels which can significantly suppress tumour ...
Nov. 29, 2022 A family history of cancer and genetic variants that might be inherited appear to be important risk factors for Black men diagnosed with early-onset prostate cancer, a study has ...
Nov. 22, 2022 Vaginal birth after a previous cesarean section is associated with an increased risk of pelvic floor surgery compared with planning another cesarean, according to a new study. The findings provide ...
Oct. 7, 2022 A new technique which combines the use of two ultrasound technologies may offer an option to move kidney stones out of the ureter with minimal pain and no anesthesia, according to a new feasibility ...
Oct. 5, 2022 An epigenetics drug currently being used for the treatment of blood cancers and rare sarcomas can stop the growth of bladder cancer by activating the immune system, reports a new study in mice. The ...
Oct. 3, 2022 New epigenetic biomarkers to predict more aggressive forms of prostate cancer have been ...
Sep. 22, 2022 Researchers have identified critical genomic changes in response to abiraterone acetate/prednisone, a standard treatment option for men with progressive, incurable and castration-resistant prostate ...
Sep. 21, 2022 Researchers have made an important discovery about how prostate cancer may start to develop. A new study reveals that the prostate as a whole, including cells that appear normal, is different in men ...
Sep. 20, 2022 Lower immunity and recurring infections are common in type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Researchers now show that the immune system of people with diabetes has lower levels of the antimicrobial peptide ...
Aug. 18, 2022 A large-scale study looked at the impact of incorporating genetic risk for cancer into the GP triage and referral processes in the UK. The research concluded that considering genetic risk could ...
Aug. 3, 2022 Men with early, curable stages of prostate cancer are missing opportunities to have their cancer detected because national guidelines and media health campaigns focus on urinary symptoms despite a ...
June 15, 2022 High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) can help some men with prostate cancer avoid surgery or ...
June 9, 2022 Male sex hormones interfere with the body's ability to fight bladder cancer, likely explaining why males experience higher cancer rates and more deadly disease, according to a new ...
May 26, 2022 Practice-changing research shows that a combination of androgen deprivation therapy -- a commonly used hormone injection -- plus pelvic lymph node radiation, kept nearly 90% of clinical trial ...
Apr. 22, 2022 Over the past 15 years, public health authorities have downgraded recommendations for the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test as a screening tool to reduce the overdiagnosis and overtreatment of men ...
Apr. 4, 2022 Prostate cancers remain localized in the majority of cases, giving affected individuals a good chance of survival. However, about 20% of patients develop incurable metastatic prostate cancer, ...
Mar. 14, 2022 A new study finds that the incidence rate of metastatic prostate cancer has significantly increased for men 45 and older and coincides with recommendations against routine prostate cancer ...