June 10, 2010
Richard D. Williams, MD, Rubin H. Flocks Professor and former chair of the University of Iowa department of urology, died May 28, 2010, at his home in Iowa City. He was 65.
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June 10, 2010
Continuous androgen deprivation plus external beam radiation therapy should be the standard treatment approach for men with locally advanced prostate cancer, researchers reported at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago.
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May 13, 2010
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Mylan Inc. have separately announced that they received FDA approval for generic versions of tamsulosin hydrochloride capsules, 0.4 mg, for the treatment of signs and symptoms of BPH.
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May 13, 2010
Exposure to secondhand smoke, coupled with genetic traits, increases the risk of bladder cancer for nonsmokers, reported researchers from the University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center, Minneapolis.
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May 13, 2010
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists have been associated with a small increased risk for diabetes, heart attack, stroke, and sudden death in men treated with one of the medications, according to a preliminary and ongoing analysis of several FDA studies.
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May 13, 2010
The risk of prostate cancer increases with the number of directly related family members who are affected by the disease, researchers at the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg reported.
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May 13, 2010
Pinnacle Business Solutions Inc. Medicare Services has announced the retirement of least costly alternative (LCA) local coverage determinations (LCDs) for certain prostate cancer drugs, a move AUA called a "welcome development."
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May 13, 2010
A blood test for certain forms of PSA and measurement of DNA content in biopsy tissue accurately predict which men with potentially non-lethal prostate cancers may eventually need treatment, say urologists from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.
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April 29, 2010
Caris Life Sciences (Irving, TX) has announced the launch of its urologic pathology practice, available through its subsidiary Caris Diagnostics.
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