Urology

COMBINING MRI with prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET has been found to improve the detection of clinically significant…

URINE biopsies could form the basis of a faster and less invasive method to diagnose and monitor tumour growth in bladder cancer…

PENILE form and function can deteriorate over time and is more prominent in males who have undergone a prostatectomy following prostate…

DOGS have the ability to detect aggressive prostate cancer from urine samples, new research reports. The pilot study was carried out by Medical Detection Dogs, Great Horwood, Milton Keynes, UK, a nonprofit organisation that carries out research on early disease diagnosis as well as training dogs to support people with complex and life-threatening medical conditions.

REPROGRAMMING the body to fight against the bacteria causing urinary tract infections (UTI) could result from a new vaccine strategy currently being tested at the Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.

PREDICTING probability of metastasis in prostate cancer may be more reliable, thanks to a new gene signature identified by researchers from the…

IMPLANTABLE smart devices have been designed to potentially provide assistance in the management of underactive bladders. A study by researchers…

CENTRAL adiposity, the accumulation of fat around the abdominal area, has been shown to strongly predispose the risk of death from prostate cancer, according to a recent study presented at the European and International Conference on Obesity (ECOICO).