2 Minute Medicine Rewind November 7, 2016
Percutaneous coronary angioplasty versus coronary artery bypass grafting in treatment of unprotected left main stenosis (NOBLE): a prospective, randomised, open-label, ...
Tag: prostate cancer
Similar prostate cancer mortality with surgery, radiation, and active surveillance: The ProtecT trial
1. The rate of prostate-cancer-specific mortality was nonsignificantly different for active surveillance, radical prostatectomy, and external beam radiation therapy over ...
Patient-reported outcomes differ significantly based on treatment in prostate cancer: The ProtecT trial
1. Patients undergoing prostatectomy for prostate cancer had significantly worse self-reported urinary and sexual function compared to radiotherapy and active ...
Clinician factors associated with increased PSA screening amongst veterans with limited life expectancy
1. In this cross-sectional study of veteran men across the USA, the rate of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening amongst men ...
Active surveillance in favorable-risk prostate cancer associated with low long-term mortality
1. In a large prospective cohort study of approximately 1300 men with favorable-risk prostate cancer that underwent active surveillance, there ...
Combination of early docetaxel therapy linked to increased survival in metastatic prostate cancer patients
1. Adding six cycles of docetaxel to a standard Androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) therapy resulted in significantly longer overall survival outcomes ...
Computer-extracted MRI features help distinguish benign from malignant prostate lesions
1. In a retrospective review of prostate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and corresponding prostatectomy pathology specimens from 70 patients with ...
Significant reduction in prostate screening rates after revised guidelines
1. In a cross-sectional analysis of a nationally administered survey in the United States of men undergoing prostate specific antigen ...
Radiotherapy not associated with long-term functional impairments in prostate cancer
1. In secondary analysis of a previous phase III randomized controlled trial of over 1,000 patients with prostate cancer, radiotherapy ...
Decision aids maybe be underutilized in treating prostate cancer
1. Radiation oncologists and urologists surveyed in this study did not commonly use decision aids when discussing treatment options with ...