A bladder sparing protocol is feasible in a selected population of patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer who decline radical surgery, Italian researchers report in the January issue of Cancer. Reuters Health Information
Sacral neuromodulation improves symptoms and reduces health-care costs for patients with medically refractory voiding dysfunction, according to a report in the December Urology. Reuters Health Information
In this report from SABCS 2007, Drs. McArthur and Hudis describe and comment on key data from adjuvant breast cancer treatment trials. Medscape Hematology-Oncology
Infections at the incision site are common after breast surgical procedures, especially after cancer-related breast surgery, and these infections result in more than $4,000 extra hospital-related costs per patient, according to research reported in the January Archives of Surgery. Reuters Health Information
A nerve-sparing approach to radical prostatectomy shortens the period until continence is regained and improves long-term continence rates, new research shows. Reuters Health Information
No-needle jet injection of local anesthetic avoids the pain of needle injection in men undergoing no-scalpel vasectomy, according to a report in the December issue of Urology. Reuters Health Information
