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Considerable practice variation exists among surgeons at a high-volume academic center when selecting patients with prostate cancer to undergo radical prostatectomy

Considerable Surgeon-Level Variation in Radical Prostatectomy

HealthDay.com - Feb 16, 2015 0

Variation exists at high-volume center when selecting patients with low-risk prostate cancer

The American Society of Clinical Oncology has endorsed the American Cancer Society Prostate Cancer Survivorship Care Guidelines

ASCO Endorses ACS Guideline for Prostate CA Survivor Care

HealthDay.com - Feb 13, 2015 0

Guideline outlines recommended follow-up care for prostate cancer survivors

Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor use after radical prostatectomy is associated with increased risk of biochemical recurrence

PDE-5 Inhibitors Tied to Prostate Cancer Biochemical Recurrence

HealthDay.com - Jan 29, 2015 0

Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors up risk of biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy

Current smoking reduces odds of survival in prostate cancer

Current Smoking Reduces Survival in Prostate Cancer

HealthDay.com - Jan 28, 2015 0

Former, as well as current, smokers saw higher risk for radiation tx-related urinary side effects

Prostate biopsies that combine magnetic resonance imaging technology with ultrasound appear to give men better information regarding the seriousness of their cancer

MRI-Targeted Prostate Biopsy May Yield Better Results

HealthDay.com - Jan 27, 2015 0

Spots more aggressive cancer, but fewer low-risk cases

Screening white men with a family history of prostate cancer appears to be associated with a decrease in prostate cancer-specific mortality

Prostate Cancer Mortality Benefit Seen for Family Hx-Based Screens

HealthDay.com - Jan 16, 2015 0

However, on multivariate analysis, finding did not reach statistical significance

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