UroToday.com - In the online edition of the British Journal of Urology International, a group from Columbia University Department of Urology report that older men undergoing radical prostatectomy (RP) for prostate cancer (CaP) do not have an increased risk of disease recurrence in the multivariate context that includes PSA level, Gleason score and clinical stage.
More...Vaccine Approach Extends Life Of Metastatic Prostate Cancer Patients
Article Date: 26 Jan 2010
In a newly published clinical trial, patients with metastatic prostate cancer who received a vaccine of harmless poxviruses engineered to spur an immune system attack on prostate tumor cells lived substantially longer than patients who received a placebo vaccine, report researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and affiliated organizations.
More...Young Men Consuming An Alarming Amount Of Salt
Article Date: 14 Jan 2010
Sexual function in prostate cancer patients receiving external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) decreases within the first two years after treatment but then stabilizes and does not continuously decline as was previously thought, according to a study in the January 1 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).
More...Restless Leg Syndrome Linked With Erectile Dysfunction In Older Men
Article Date: 04 Jan 2010
A study in the Jan. 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that erectile dysfunction was more common in older men with restless leg syndrome (RLS) than in those without RLS, and the magnitude of this association increased with a higher frequency of RLS symptoms.
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