Now, a study co-led by the Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO) and researchers from Italy and the United Kingdom, and published in European Urology has identified a biomarker that, via liquid biopsy, can determine which of the two treatments would extend the life expectancy of each patient
With symptoms such as dryness, burning, or itching of the vagina, vulvovaginal atrophy is estimated to affect up to 98% of postmenopausal women, many of whom will fail to report symptoms to their healthcare providers or seek help. A new survey demonstrates the negative effect of these symptoms on quality of life. The study results are published online today in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society ( NAMS )
Men with particular cancers generally fare worse than women with the same cancers, new Australian research has found. Published in Cancer Causes & Control, the Cancer Council Victoria and University of Melbourne-led population-based study found to have a survival benefit to women for 11 of the 25 cancer types investigated
Men who have been newly diagnosed with prostate cancer say they would trade some improvement in their odds of survival for improvements in side effects and quality of life, according to research presented at the 2018 NCRI Cancer Conference
A small clinical trial using gold nanoparticles that act as tumor-seeking missiles on a mission to remove prostate cancer has begun at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). It is the first trial of its kind in the world
Scientists have discovered a drug combination that could have been the progression of fibrosis-a condition believed to be responsible for almost half of all deaths-according to a study published in the journal European Urology
Androgen deprivation therapy was associated with a 72 % higher risk of heart failure according to a study of patients with prostate cancer. In the Journal of Clinical Pharmacology study, incidence rates of heart failure per 100 person-years within a 1-year follow-up period were 4.00 and 1.89 for androgen deprivation therapy users and nonusers, respectively
Men whose prostate cancer is treated with external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) could face a higher risk of bladder cancer than those treated with radical prostatectomy, according to a database study
Hospitalized ischemic stroke patients with an infection are significantly more likely to be readmitted within 30 days, regardless of the severity of their stroke or other individual patient characteristics, according to new research published in the American Heart Association's journal Stroke
Nearly half of older American women have urinary incontinence, but many have not talked to a doctor about it, according to the new national poll. More than 1,000 women, aged 50 to 80, were asked questions about their bladder control. The poll found that 43% of those in their 50s and 60s had urinary incontinence. That percentage jumped to 51% among those over 65
German drugmaker Bayer and Finland's Orion said on Wednesday to phase III study showed a prostate cancer drug they are jointly developing the delay of the spread of the disease to other parts of the body, boosting Orion's shares
Among the many approaches and treatment combinations available for men with high-risk localized prostate cancer , the optimal strategy remains to be determined, according to results of a new systematic review