Few Teens Regret Gender-Affirming Medical Care, Survey Shows Only 4% reported regret after receiving puberty blockers, gender-affirming hormones Oct 21, 2024
Drugmaker Pulls Trodelvy's Bladder Cancer Approval In confirmatory trial, antibody-drug conjugate failed to improve OS versus chemotherapy Oct 18, 2024
Radioligand Shows Promise in Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer Odds of undetectable PSA at 48 weeks doubled with addition of Pluvicto Oct 16, 2024
'Personalized' Approach to RT for Bladder Cancer Promising but Challenging Low rates of toxicity and salvage cystectomy, with 2-year survival similar to surgery Oct 13, 2024
Some Cancers Occur More Frequently in Multiple Sclerosis Patients Bladder, brain, and cervical cancer risks were higher in people with MS Oct 09, 2024
Conversion Practices Tied to Greater Symptoms of PTSD, Suicidality Study also finds significant percentage of mental health providers facilitate conversion therapy Sep 30, 2024
Quality of Life Similar With Proton Beam Therapy vs IMRT for Prostate Cancer "It really shows us that we have two great options," expert says Sep 30, 2024
Happy People, Happy Hearts? Ultra-Processed Foods and Diabetes Risk Also in TTHealthWatch: AACR report on cancer Sep 28, 2024 podcast
Cancer Diagnoses Slow to Recover From Effects of COVID Pandemic Actual rates for 2021 lagged behind projections Sep 25, 2024
Omitting Biopsy After Negative MRI Halves Diagnoses of Insignificant Prostate Cancer Strategy comes with associated "low risk" of delay in diagnosis of advanced or incurable cancers Sep 25, 2024
ASCO's Quality Care Symposium: Chemotherapy Shortage Resulted in Higher Costs Other studies look at financial toxicity for teen/young adult cancer patients, nausea after chemo Sep 24, 2024
Win for Perioperative Durvalumab in Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Results "practice-changing," says expert Sep 16, 2024
Radionuclide-Containing Combo Slows Metastatic Prostate Cancer, Improves Survival Hazards for radiographic PFS, OS reduced by 31% with enzalutamide plus Ra-223 Sep 15, 2024
FDA Advisors Question Potential Role of Novel Oral UTI Antibiotic Concerns about patient selection, antibiotic resistance dominated the discussion Sep 10, 2024
FDA Reviewers Voice Concerns Over Novel UTI Treatment Oral antibiotic has potential for inappropriate use, agency says Sep 06, 2024
Pause or Keep RAS Inhibitors Before Surgery? Take Your Pick. Either choice is "acceptable" based on randomized study Aug 31, 2024
Where Vance and Walz Stand on Major Healthcare Issues A look at the two vice presidential nominees' healthcare policies and records Aug 29, 2024
Is Exercise an Effective Treatment for Prostate Cancer? A deep dive with Rob Newton, a pioneer in the field of exercise oncology Aug 28, 2024
The Global Fight Against Infection-Driven Cancers Despite vast gains in knowledge, there's still much to do if we want to save lives Aug 25, 2024
FDA OKs First Syphilis Screening Test for At-Home Use Amid a surge in cases, FDA hopes at-home tests will help increase syphilis diagnosis, treatment Aug 16, 2024
AI Model as Effective as Radiologists in Detecting Prostate Cancer on MRI Combined findings from model and radiologists outperformed radiologists alone Aug 06, 2024
Cancer Screening Costs Over $43 Billion a Year in the U.S., Study Estimates Colorectal cancer screening accounted for 64% of the total amount Aug 05, 2024
Vibegron Benefit Extends to Men on Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Meds Overactive bladder symptoms improved after 12 weeks of treatment Jul 10, 2024
PSMA PET Beats MRI in Prostate Cancer Staging Study Findings support PSMA PET in the preoperative workflow of intermediate- and high-risk tumors Jul 02, 2024
What's a Normal PSA Value for Transgender Women on Estrogen Therapy? Study suggests threshold is too high to identify risk of prostate cancer in this population Jun 26, 2024
Supreme Court Will Take Up State Bans on Gender Care for Minors: Here's What to Know Half of U.S. states have enacted laws banning certain healthcare services for transgender kids Jun 24, 2024
Donald Sutherland Dies; Can Viagra Benefit Women? Insulin Supply Affected by Wegovy Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff Jun 21, 2024
AI System Beats Radiologists in Detecting Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer AI detected 6.8% more clinically significant cancers, 20% fewer indolent cancers Jun 13, 2024
Artery Inflammation and CV Events; Stepped Palliative Care for Lung Cancer Patients Also in TTHealthWatch: diets and medicine in IBS and active surveillance in prostate cancer Jun 08, 2024 podcast
Increased Heart Risks With Newer Prostate Cancer Drugs, Meta-Analysis Shows Adding ARSIs to ADT for advanced disease doubled the risk of high-grade CV events, death Jun 06, 2024
Metformin Fails to Stop Early Prostate Cancer Progression Study suggests it may even be detrimental in some groups of patients on active surveillance Jun 05, 2024
Mood, Libido Suffer After Men Ditch Anabolic Steroids Sexual dysfunction, depression more common in past users Jun 04, 2024
Louisiana Lawmakers Approve Surgical Castration for Sex Crimes Against Kids Bill now heads to the governor Jun 03, 2024
Cheap Drug Eases Hot Flashes in Men With Prostate Cancer Anticholinergic oxybutynin for patients taking ADT also improved quality of life in the process Jun 03, 2024
Urologists Flee Mission Health Specialists mark the latest departures following HCA takeover May 31, 2024
More Evidence Backs Active Surveillance for Low-Risk Prostate Cancer Half of patients did not have grade reclassification or treatment after 10 years of follow-up May 30, 2024
Psychostimulant No Help in Relieving Cancer-Related Fatigue No significant differences in outcomes between methylphenidate, placebo May 22, 2024
PSA Nadir 6 Months After Primary RT Correlates With Prostate Cancer Outcomes Or does it? Editorial questions prognostic, predictive value in contemporary practice May 22, 2024
Healthcare Needs Qualified Expert Witnesses More Than Ever Not only can it provide a new challenge, sometimes it's just the right thing to do May 15, 2024
