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U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approval Summary: Enzalutamide for the...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved enzalutamide for the treatment of patients with chemotherapy-naïve metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). At the prespecified interim...

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Exercise Training May Delay PCa Progression – Renal and Urology News

PSA doubling time, a marker of cancer progression, increased from 28 to 76 months in prostate cancer patients performing exercise training. “The exercise intervention resulted in marked physiological...

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Surgery Offers Prostate Cancer Patients Better Survival Odds

Prostate cancer patients with clinically localized tumors are more likely to die if they undergo radiotherapy rather than radical prostatectomy. Radiotherapy for clinically-localized prostate cancer...

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Sexual function after prostate removal

I am frequently asked about the changes to fluid that comes out of the penis during sexual activity and about the ability to have children. Many years ago I described the changes for men to expect...

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Surgery improves survival rates for men with prostate cancer if radiation...

Approximately 14 percent of men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point in their lifetimes, according to the National Institutes of Health. Radiation therapy traditionally has been a...

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Simpler Prostate Cancer Grading System Proposed

Tumors fall into 1 of 5 grade groups based on what pathologic findings indicate about prognosis. Source: Simpler Prostate Cancer Grading System Proposed I have been counseling men with prostate cancer...

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Prostate Cancer Risk Lower in Men Who Ejaculate More – Renal and Urology News

The protective effect of frequent intercourse is strongest for low-risk prostate cancer. An ejaculation frequency of 21 or more times per month at age 20–29 years and 40–49 years is associated with a...

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‘End of Controversy’: Robotic Prostatectomy Is Winner

A new national database study shows that the high-tech approach improves oncologic outcomes; this prompted a grand declaration from an expert. Source: ‘End of Controversy’: Robotic Prostatectomy Is...

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Vitamins for prostate health

Our large practice urology group has partnered with theralogix, a vitamin company to offer patients products that have been shown in study to help with various conditions. Prostate 2.4 is designed to...

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Calcium and vitamin D supplement

Our large practice urology group has partnered with theralogix, a vitamin company to offer patients products that have been shown in study to help with various conditions. Prosteon is a bone health...

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