Archive for the ‘Urology / Nephrology’ Category
Monday, December 3rd, 2007
UroToday.com - This study assessed robotic partial nephrectomy for patients with complex kidney tumors, which were defined as hilar, completely endophytic, or multiple tumors. A total of 14 tumors were resected from 8 patients. Despite the complex nature of these kidney tumors and a mean tumor size of 3.6 cm, ...
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
There is a high prevalence of chronic kidney disease in the United States, which has risen over the past decade, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The study found that the overall prevalence of chronic kidney disease increased from 10 ...
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
For older women on dialysis, routine mammograms to screen for breast cancer may not be a cost-effective use of medical resources, according to a paper presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 40th Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in San Francisco.
Led by Dr. Germaine Wong and Dr. Kirsten Howard of ...
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Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Gyrus ACMI, Inc. a leading worldwide manufacturer and supplier of diagnostic and therapeutic minimally invasive surgical devices in the areas of Urology, Gynecology, ENT and General Surgery, announces the development of the world's first Endoscope Protection System (EPS) designed to prevent accidental laser damage to the distal end of flexible ...
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Monday, October 29th, 2007
Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have shown that hysterectomy a common operation involving the removal of the uterus greatly increases the risk of urinary incontinence. Their results, which come from a nationwide study, are presented in The Lancet.
Hysterectomy is the most common gynaecological abdominal operation in the ...
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Monday, October 29th, 2007
UroToday.com - Bladder cancer is considered the most prevalent malignant tumor among males in Egypt. Orthotopic ileal neobladder is currently the preferred continent urinary diversion in suitable patients undergoing radical cystectomy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer and may be considered the gold standard with which other forms of diversion are compared. ...
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Sunday, October 28th, 2007
UroToday.com - Bladder cancer is considered the most prevalent malignant tumor among males in Egypt. Orthotopic ileal neobladder is currently the preferred continent urinary diversion in suitable patients undergoing radical cystectomy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer and may be considered the gold standard with which other forms of diversion are compared. ...
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Sunday, October 28th, 2007
UroToday.com- From the 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine - October 13-17, 2007
The objective of the study was to assess testicular cancer in infertile men utilizing a cohort study methodology. Couples evaluated for infertility from 1965 to 1995 from 15 California infertility centers comprise a database ...
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Friday, October 26th, 2007
EntreMed, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENMD), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory diseases, announced the presentation of results for its cell cycle inhibitor, MKC-1, in preclinical renal cell carcinoma (RCC) models. The results were presented at the AACR-NCI-EORTC International ...
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