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  Options for Managing Post-prostatectomy Urinary Incontinence

  With more treatment options available to radical prostatectomy patients who experience post-prostatectomy stress urinary incontinence, patients will continue to enjoy improvements in quality of life.

  Prostate, Urology

  Article September 25, 2018

• Risk of Prostate Cancer Recurrence Correlates With Number of Perineural Invasion Foci

  The number of perineural invasion foci in radical prostatectomy specimens is a useful new method of prognostication.

  Prostate, Prostate Cancer, Urology

  Journal October 19, 2020

• Genetic Tests Improve Prognostication for Newly Diagnosed Patients with Prostate Cancer

  Genetic tests that aid risk stratification have potential to reduce both over- and undertreatment of prostate cancer.

  Oncology, Prostate Cancer, Urology

  Journal August 13, 2020

• Transperineal Fusion Prostate Biopsy Increases Diagnostic Accuracy

  Massachusetts General Hospital physicians have developed an office-based transperineal fusion prostate biopsy for accurate, safe prostate cancer diagnosis.

  Oncology, Prostate, Prostate Cancer, Urology

  Article July 22, 2020

• Multiparametric MRI For Prostate Cancer

  A recent study suggests that multiparametric MRI can help with local staging of prostate cancer, improving treatment and prognosis in cancer patients.

  Oncology, Prostate Cancer, Radiation Oncology, Radiology, Urology

  Article July 19, 2020

• 5-ARIs Do Not Lower Bladder Cancer Risk

  According to a recent study, 5-alpha reductase inhibitors (5-ARIs) do not lower the risk of development or reoccurrence of bladder cancer. Future research is needed to identify an alternate strategy for chemoprevention of bladder cancer.

  Bladder, Oncology, Urologic Cancer, Urology

  Article July 10, 2020

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