When Medicare Stops Covering a Test Without Warning Why didn't someone tell me, asks Hans Duvefelt, MD Aug 20, 2019
Forgot-to-Pee Syndrome Afflicting Millions of Health Care Workers Second leading cause of morbidity in the medical field Aug 15, 2019
Newer Prostate Cancer Agents Not Free of Heart Risk Patients with three or more cardiac conditions were at highest risk of early death Aug 14, 2019
Gadzooks! And Egads! Another Dilemma in Prostate Cancer Gadolinium scans present yet another thorny decision for patients on active surveillance Jul 28, 2019
Long-Term Surveillance Safe for Small Renal Tumors Two cases of metastasis, one cancer death after almost 5 years of follow-up Jun 13, 2019
No Cancer Risk Found With TNF Inhibitors in Psoriatic Arthritis Expected cancer cases similar to those in general populace, study shows Jun 13, 2019
Keytruda 'Switch' Extends PFS in Advanced Bladder Cancer Matthew Galsky, MD, discusses possible role of maintenance PD-1 blockade Jun 06, 2019 video
Cancer Surgery Refusal Remains a Problem Older, unmarried, African-American patients more likely to say 'no' Jun 04, 2019
Trials Back Earlier Use of Androgen Receptor Inhibitors Improved survival in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer Jun 03, 2019
Add-On Metformin Disappoints in Metastatic CRPC No meaningful clinical benefit when paired with docetaxel-prednisone in castration-resistant prostate cancer Jun 02, 2019
Surgery Delay OK for Most With Renal Cell Carcinoma Two studies add support for active surveillance for small tumors May 08, 2019
Ultrasound Therapy for Prostate Ca Yields High PSA Response PSA falls by 95%, prostate shrinks by 90% in men with localized prostate cancer May 07, 2019
NPs and PAs Match Docs for Circumcision Outcomes Low complication rates for procedures performed by advanced practice providers May 06, 2019
Studies: Weed Degrades Sperm, Spurs LUTS Effect on sperm quality, testicular function worse than cigarettes May 05, 2019
Marcia Cross of 'Desperate Housewives' Opens Up on Anal Cancer Actress discloses her survival story and wants to end the stigma Apr 18, 2019
I Have Cancer. Please Don't Call Me a 'Survivor' No chemo, no radiation, no symptoms, a few biopsies -- hardly the stuff of heroism Apr 15, 2019
Digital Rectal Exams: Worth the Trouble? Howard Wolinsky looks for the evidence, and doesn't find much Mar 29, 2019
Black History Month: Talking With Jennifer Webb, MD How mentorship helped her overcome barriers Feb 28, 2019
Zytiga May Up Mortality Risk in Prostate Cancer Patients With CVD Increased hospitalizations seen among all abiraterone-treated patients Feb 27, 2019
No Survival Bump Yet with Tivozanib for RCC Selected studies on kidney cancer from the Genitourinary Cancers Symposium Feb 18, 2019
'Encouraging' Early Data with Keytruda in High-Risk Bladder Ca Will responses in non-muscle-invasive, BCG-unresponsive disease prove durable? Feb 17, 2019
Bladder Ca Treatment Enters 'Post-Checkpoint' Era Early trials show responses with antibody-drug conjugates Feb 16, 2019
Doubling Down on Antiandrogens Improves PFS in Metastatic Prostate Ca But lack of OS data for enzalutamide-ADT may hold it back Feb 15, 2019 video
Immunotherapy Lurches Forward in Prostate Cancer Combination trials in mCRPC yield responses in immunologically "cold" tumor Feb 15, 2019
Surveillance of Low-Risk Prostate Cancer Tripled Radical prostatectomy gained some ground for high-risk disease Feb 12, 2019 video
Radiological Agent Shows Promise in Heavily Treated mCRPC PSA decline of 50% or greater in two-thirds of patients Feb 12, 2019 video
Better Survival for African-Americans With mCRPC Significant improvement vs whites with androgen-directed agents Feb 11, 2019 video
Rats, My PSA Went Up. Do I Need Another Bleeping Biopsy? "Active surveillance" doesn't have to mean invasive testing for every biomarker blip Jan 29, 2019
Active Smokers Far More Likely to Fail on Chemo for Bladder Ca Higher rates of disease recurrence seen as well Jan 10, 2019
MSI Status in Prostate Ca Could ID Immunotherapy Responders But not all MSI-high patients saw benefit with checkpoint inhibitors Dec 27, 2018
Kidney Stones Tied to Renal Carcinoma But more research is needed to unravel mechanisms behind the relationships, study authors say Dec 20, 2018
Morning Break: Measles Rebound; New FDA Warnings; Cancer Dx Scares Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the ทฌวัษ็ว๘ staff Nov 30, 2018
YouTube Videos Often Mislead on Prostate Cancer Misinformation, bias, and lack of balance in content Nov 28, 2018
Digital Mammograms Show Vulnerability to Cyberattacks Two out of three radiologists couldn't tell that images were manipulated Nov 28, 2018
No Surgery May Be Feasible in Gleason 9-10 Prostate Ca Study finds similar outcomes with two multimodal approaches Nov 23, 2018
NCRI: Highlights from the Annual Conference Prostate cancer tradeoffs, rising melanoma mortality, safer regimen for thyroid cancer Nov 05, 2018
Black Race Not Associated with Worse Prostate Ca Outcomes Results contrast with past population registry data Oct 24, 2018 video
Nearly 90% Free of Prostate Ca Progression With ADT, Pelvic Node RT Data also showed trend toward reduction in distant metastases Oct 22, 2018
Prostate RT Ups Overall Survival in Metastatic Disease Benefit limited to men with low disease burden Oct 22, 2018
Adding Radium-223 to Abiraterone No Help in Prostate Ca More fractures, deaths in patients with mCRPC and bone mets Oct 20, 2018
