Scientists at the Science of Cancer Health Disparities conference came together in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, this week to address the question, how do social disadvantages, genetics, race and culture contribute to the health disparities observed in many groups of men and women, as for example, in breast cancer treatment?One of the studies presented was by co-researcher, Jane T. [click link for full article]

Wealthy Commonwealth nations such as the UK should help poorer member states improve vital infrastructure facilities as one of the best ways to lift them out of poverty, a new University of Nottingham report says. [click link for full article]

UroToday.com- In the August issue of Urology, Dr. Kang and associates from the SEARCH database report that Gleason score 7(4+3) CaP has a similar risk profile to Gleason (4+4). A Gleason cohort of 374 men was studied and included men with a Gleason score of 3+4, 4+3, or 4+4 or more. Clinical, pathologic, and biochemical outcomes were assessed in univariate and microvariate analysis. [click link for full article]

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, reasonable warm ischemia times were achieved using the robotic approach (mean 31 minutes) with negative surgical margins in all patients.The first author of the study is Dr. [click link for full article]

UroToday.com - In this article published in the November issue of the International Journal of Urology, (Sakakibara and) colleagues reported a case of a 76-year-old man who, because of transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder, underwent orthotopic ileal neobladder, and developed severe nocturnal enuresis. They performed videomanometry in the ileal neobladder and the rectum of the same patient. [click link for full article]

UroToday.com- Lymphadenectomy has proven to improve the outcomes of testicular and bladder cancer. It has been proposed that an extended lymph node dissection (LND) may impact patients with prostate cancer (CaP) as well. In the online version of European Urology, Dr. Mattei and associates suggest a new LND template for CaP based upon mapping studies they performed. The study cohort was comprised of 34 patients with clinically localized CaP. Median age was 63 years. [click link for full article]

UroToday.com - Modern removal of stones depends on disintegration, either with extracorporeal shock waves or with techniques requiring direct contact with the stones. The ease, by means of which fragmentation is achieved, in any of those situations, is determined by the hardness of the stone. [click link for full article]

UroToday.com - Many physicians are aware of well-publicized side effects of intravenous bisphosphonates such as renal dysfunction and osteonecrosis of the jaw. Hypocalcemia associated with bisphosphonate therapy is relatively rare but is severe in about 2% of cases1. Bisphosphonates such as zoledronate lower serum calcium by inhibiting osteoclast-mediated bone resorption. [click link for full article]

UroToday.com -Stone formation on the intravesical portion of the sling is very rare. Recognition of bladder perforation during the continence procedure and correct re-insertion of the sling is the best way to avoid such a complication. However, inadvertently submucosally placed tapes, which can be missed on cystoscopy, may also predispose to bladder stone formation through pressure necrosis of the mucosa and gradual penetration of the tape into the bladder. [click link for full article]