Accurate diagnosis of localized prostate cancer (PCa) is limited by inadequacy of multiparametric (mp) MRI to fully identify and differentiate localized malignant tissue from benign pathologies. Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) represents an excellent target for molecular imaging.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men; robotic prostatectomy has cemented itself as part of the standard of care. Since its approval by the Food and Drug Administration in 2018, the SP console’s application has been increasingly studied and compared with the multiport (MP) robotic approach.
There is uncertainty regarding the most appropriate criteria for recruitment, monitoring, and reclassification in active surveillance (AS) protocols for localised prostate cancer (PCa). To perform a qualitative systematic review (SR) to issue recommendations regarding inclusion of intermediate-risk disease, biopsy characteristics at inclusion and monitoring, and repeat biopsy strategy.
Whether anesthesia can affect oncological outcomes in urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract undergoing radical nephroureterectomy (RNU) is not clear. One-hundred an ninety-seven patients who underwent RNU were retrospectively recruited and divided into total intravenous (TIVA, n=90) and volatile inhalation anesthesia (VIA, n=107) groups.
Survival has improved in bladder cancer but few studies have considered extended periods or covered populations for which medical care is essentially free of charge. We analyzed survival in urothelial cancer (UC, of which vast majority are bladder cancers) in Finland and Sweden over a 50-year period (1967-2016) using data from the NORDCAN database.
Radical Cystectomy (RC) with urinary diversion (UD) is still considered a complex surgery associated with significant morbidity. Open RC (ORC) remains the reference option of treatment, even if adoption of robot-assisted RC (RARC) is rapidly increasing.
The COVID-19 restrictions implemented to control and reduce the spread of the virus such as self-isolation and home-working, restricted social interaction, and changed lifestyle behaviours and routines. The pandemic and its restrictions not only resulted in increasing loneliness, anxiety, depression, and impairing psychological wellbeing but also impacted sexual wellbeing.
Alicia Morgans: Hi. My name is Alicia Morgans and I’m a GU Medical Oncologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, in the US. I’m so excited to talk today with Dr. Sartor about GU ASCO 2022, which is happening in San Francisco from February 17th to 19th. Oliver Sartor: Hi. And I’m Oliver Sartor, I’m […]
Active surveillance (AS) may be used in the management of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC), but consensus regarding its application is lacking. We report an exploratory analysis of prospectively collected specimens prespecified in the only modern clinical trial evaluating AS in mRCC.
This retrospective multicenter study aimed to evaluate the survival benefit of upfront cytoreductive nephrectomy (CN) in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) patients stratified by International Metastatic RCC Database Consortium (IMDC) risk criteria.
