Primary care providers ordering more PSA tests
U.S. primary care providers ordered twice as many office-based prostate-specific antigen tests in 2008 as they did in 1997.
Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer risk linked to family history of breast, upper GI cancer
A new study shows that a family history of other cancers in first-degree relatives may increase a patient’s risk for prostate cancer, according to findings presented at the American Urological Association 2011 Annual Meeting.
Erectile dysfunction after prostate cancer
As a side effect of radical prostatectomy, the favored treatment for many, erectile dysfunction can affect a man’s mental and physical quality of life.
Agents that can lower prostate-specific antigen
Can you tell me definitively whether the PSA-lowering effect of alpha blockers is similar to that of finasteride?
Dysuria is the first sign of trouble
When a clinician fails to order a repeat PSA test for a patient with suspected prostatitis, legal issues arise.
DHEA is OK for patients with prostate cancer
There is no statistical relationship between serum testosterone levels and risk of prostate cancer.
Urological association at odds with new prostate recommendations
The American Urological Association and the American Cancer Society disagree over when baseline screening should begin.
Include prostate screening risks
Men should be made aware of the possible harms of prostate cancer screening as well as the benefits, but many don’t appear to be getting that information from their clinician.
Elevated PSA with a negative biopsy
What is the next step in the treatment of a patient who has a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level between 4 and 10 ng/mL and a negative biopsy?
Testosterone receptors and prostate cancer
Is all prostate cancer testosterone receptor-positive?—Mike Hutchins, MD, Missoula, Mont. Yes, all prostate cells have androgen receptors. This is the reason prostate cancer will respond to androgen deprivation. What has puzzled urologists for more than 50 years now is the mechanism of resistance to androgen ablation. Much attention has focused on the androgen receptor as…
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