Study: Many men with prostate cancer can avoid early surgery
August 1st 2012Many men with prostate cancer do not need immediate treatment, especially if they have low PSA scores or low-risk tumors that are unlikely to grow and spread, according to a multicenter study that suggests such men who undergo radical prostatectomy fare no better than those undergoing observation.
Imaging cuts in proposed Medicare rule potentially dangerous, radiologists say
July 25th 2012Extreme cuts to funding for medical imaging scans in the Medicare fee schedule proposed rule for 2013 are unnecessary, unfounded, and undermine care for the most sick or injure seniors, according to the American College of Radiology.
Oncologists, osteopaths show support for prostate cancer screening
July 25th 2012Physicians should discuss the benefits and risks of PSA testing with their asymptomatic male patients who have life expectancies of greater than 10 years, but the risks outweigh the benefits of men with shorter life expectancies, according to a new evidence-based provisional clinical opinion on prostate cancer screening issued by the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
Clinical Trial Watch: Overactive Bladder, BPH
May 15th 2012This list of U.S.-based National Institutes of Health trials is derived from the NIH's database and includes phase I-III overactive bladder trials and phase IV BPH trials that are currently recruiting participants. This list is current as of April 19, 2012. For more information, view the complete database at http://ClinicalTrials.gov.