Treatment of small renal masses: Quality or quantity of life?
The practicing urologist faces an increasingly common dilemma: How should I treat this incidentally
discovered small renal mass?
Archive for January, 2009
Data may squelch concerns over statins’ effects on bacillus Calmette-Guerin
Statin drugs appear to have no effect on intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) treatment
outcomes in patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer, according to a recent retrospective study among
Veterans Affairs patients in St. Louis.
Treating renal cell carcinoma: Cryoablation or partial nephrectomy?
In the treatment of renal cell carcinoma, partial nephrectomy produces better quality of life than
cryoablation, according to researchers at Washington University, St. Louis.
Robotic cystectomy shows favorable oncologic outcomes
Based on new mid-term study results, robot-assisted laparoscopic cystectomy appears to be slowly
moving toward mainstream surgical practice.