Urology News and Research

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Would be dads advised to stay out of the hot tub

The team led by Dr. Paul J. Turek, a urologist and professor at the University of California, San Francisco, say hot baths can lead to male infertility.

5 Mar 2007

Botox could be used to treat incontinence and cystitis

It has won an army of celebrity fans for banishing crow's feet and frown lines, but the use of Botox to combat bladder problems such as incontinence has been hailed as a 'major advance' by a urology expert.

From Sheffield Hallam University 27 Feb 2007

New way to identify which men need a second prostate biopsy

A researcher in the Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute and Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center has found a way to identify which men need a second prostate biopsy because they may be harboring life-threatening prostate cancer even though they were given a clean bill of health after their first biopsy.

22 Feb 2007

Selenium reduces prostate cancer risk in men taking extra vitamin E

A new study is suggesting that for certain groups of men a high dietary intake of selenium may reduce their risk of prostate cancer.

6 Feb 2007

Severe form of "enlarged prostate" discovered

Millions of middle-aged and older men experience the symptoms of an enlarged prostate multiple times during the day and night. What they may not know is that the disease known as BPH (benign prostatic hyperplasia), marked by urgency and frequent urination, is not one but at least a pair of disorders, and that one of the pair - tied to a newly identified gene - has far more serious implications.

5 Feb 2007

Anaesthetic spray delays ejaculation by five times longer

Patients with premature ejaculation who used a topical anaesthetic spray were able to delay ejaculation for five times as long, according to a study in the February issue of the urology journal BJU International.

24 Jan 2007

Young single men are more likely to bank sperm before testicular cancer treatment

A quarter of men with testicular cancer banked their sperm before treatment, but only six per cent of those actually used the sperm to father a child, according to a study published in the January issue of the UK-based urology journal BJU International.

8 Jan 2007

New gold standard of care for overactive bladder

A major clinical trial finds that a combination of two common medications -- tolterodine (Detrol LA) and tamsulosin (Flomax) -- works better than either drug alone for men struggling with lower urinary tract symptoms, including tough-to-treat overactive bladder (OAB).

14 Nov 2006

Link between common lifestyle factors, immune system and cancer

The immune system is fickle, and easily influenced by more than just viruses and bacteria. It can be swayed by the seemingly unexpected, such as by what we eat, for example, and affected by surprising sources.

13 Nov 2006

Muscle protein myosin VI involved in the development of prostate cancer

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have for the first time implicated the muscle protein myosin VI in the development of prostate cancer and its spread.

8 Nov 2006

Black people with bladder cancer more likely to die of the disease than white

Black patients with bladder cancer are 35 percent more likely to die of the disease than white patients, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.

21 Sep 2006

Earlier detection and treatment of kidney cancer not decreasing mortality

The number of cases of kidney cancer has been rising over the last two decades, and new research from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center shows that this increase is driven largely by the detection of small, presumably curable, kidney masses.

19 Sep 2006

Lower urinary tract symptoms and related help-seeking behavior in South Asian men living in the UK

South Asian men have more urinary problems than white men, but are only half as likely to seek help, according to a study of just under 8,000 men published in the September issue of the urology journal BJU International.

13 Sep 2006

The B7 family of co-regulatory ligands is implicated again in the pathogenesis of renal cell carcinoma progression

Previous reports from the group at Mayo Clinic have demonstrated that B7-H1 expression by renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a marker of poor prognosis in both localized and metastatic RCC.

6 Sep 2006

Long-term oncologic outcomes: A 40 year radical prostatectomy single institution series

Single institution long-term outcomes for radical prostatectomy are scarce in the literature. In the August 2006 issue of the Journal of Urology, Dr. Porter from the Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA reports on 25-year cancer outcomes for radical prostatectomy (RP).

6 Sep 2006

Permanent renal parenchymal defects after febrile UTI are closely associated with vesicoureteric reflux

This study from Italy investigated the association of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) and renal scarring.

5 Sep 2006

Venacavoscopy assisted inferior Vena cava thrombus resection for T3b/c renal cell carcinoma

Resection of intrahepatic and suprahepatic inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombi associated with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) can be surgically demanding procedures that can involve multidisciplinary surgical teams.

5 Sep 2006

Review examines surgical approaches for posterior urethral distraction defects in boys

A Recent Review from J. Zhang and Colleagues from ShangHai, China Examined the Surgical Approach to the Posterior Urethral Distraction Defect in Boys.

1 Sep 2006

New developments in the technique of partial nephrectomy

While partial nephrectomy has demonstrated oncologic equipoise with radical nephrectomy, it remains a surgically daunting procedure that can be associated with significant complications, particularly related to hemostasis and prevention of post-operative urinary fistulae.

1 Sep 2006

Circulating tumor cells in the peripheral blood of patients with renal cell carcinoma

Investigations in a variety of tumor types have demonstrated that circulating tumor cells are present in the peripheral blood of patients, even those with what is thought to be otherwise localized disease, and can be prognostic of outcome.

31 Aug 2006

Urology News and Research

Latest Urology News and Research

Would be dads advised to stay out of the hot tub

Botox could be used to treat incontinence and cystitis

New way to identify which men need a second prostate biopsy

Selenium reduces prostate cancer risk in men taking extra vitamin E

Severe form of "enlarged prostate" discovered

Anaesthetic spray delays ejaculation by five times longer

Young single men are more likely to bank sperm before testicular cancer treatment

New gold standard of care for overactive bladder

Link between common lifestyle factors, immune system and cancer

Muscle protein myosin VI involved in the development of prostate cancer

Black people with bladder cancer more likely to die of the disease than white

Earlier detection and treatment of kidney cancer not decreasing mortality

Lower urinary tract symptoms and related help-seeking behavior in South Asian men living in the UK

The B7 family of co-regulatory ligands is implicated again in the pathogenesis of renal cell carcinoma progression

Long-term oncologic outcomes: A 40 year radical prostatectomy single institution series

Permanent renal parenchymal defects after febrile UTI are closely associated with vesicoureteric reflux

Venacavoscopy assisted inferior Vena cava thrombus resection for T3b/c renal cell carcinoma

Review examines surgical approaches for posterior urethral distraction defects in boys

New developments in the technique of partial nephrectomy

Circulating tumor cells in the peripheral blood of patients with renal cell carcinoma

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