[PDF] Top 20 Moderated Posters 1: Prostate Cancer

... following prostate biopsy can be associated with significant morbidity and occasional ...for prostate biopsy from oral ciprofloxacin alone to a combination of single- dose ciprofloxacin and ... See full document

... Results: A total of 225 RPs were performed during the study period (104 robotic (RALRP) and 121 open (ORP). For RALRP and ORP, the respec- tive mean PSA was 7.9±5.6 and 8.5±6.9 ng/ml and prostate volume was ... See full document

... to prostate cancer (PCa), and have great potential for noninvasive diagnosis and prognosis of prostate cancer in patients’ bodily flu- ... See full document

... Introduction and Objectives: Intra-tumoral hypoxia has been reported to be an independent prognostic marker for disease-free and overall survival in many tumor types following radiotherapy or surgery. We therefore tested ... See full document

... Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, Montreal, QC, Canada Introduction and Objectives: Increasing age may result in higher rates of adverse events following radical cystectomy. We sought to test the effect ... See full document

... Results: 24 men, with a mean age of 70.6 years (range 53-86), success- fully underwent in office laser prostatectomy. The mean prostate volume was 42.6 grams (range 20-78 grams) and mean PSA was 1.8±1.2 ng/ mL. ... See full document

... a prostate size >40 mL and baseline International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) ...IPSS, prostate volume, post-void residual, and peak urinary flow ... See full document

... Results: Key expectation and educational domain data included 45% of men responding that they did not have clear idea of SEs to be expected; 17% and 27% of men, respectively, reported emotional and physical SEs worse ... See full document

... pelvic cancer in the absence of unresectable distant disease were ...(group 1) and 11 had surgery due to radiation complications (group ...months, 1 patient had died of recurrent cancer, 3 ... See full document

... with prostate cancer and scheduled for radical prostatectomy under- went real time elastography and contrast enhanced MRI before radical prostatectomy at least 6 weeks after prostate biopsy by ... See full document

... Patients’ cancer risk was assessed using a modified 2009 Centre for Disease Control Behavioural Risk Factor Surveillance ...and cancer history are not predictive of awareness of this ...kidney cancer ... See full document

... Results: The majority of patients were Caucasian (90.6%) and had a baseline ECOG performance status of 0 (83.4%); the median age was 70. 93% of patients in the safety population received all 3 infusions. Adverse events ... See full document

... Methods: Three cohorts of men were enrolled: those initiating ADT for advanced PC, those undergoing adjuvant ADT in a combined-modality curative protocol for higher risk cancer, and a control group consisting of ... See full document

... Results: 420 consecutive patients, of whom 411 underwent a RRP with PLND and 9 aborted prostatectomies, had median follow-up of 46 months. Median patient age was 60 with a mean preoperative PSA of 11. Overall lymph node ... See full document

... and 1 with yolk sac ...in 1 (4%). Five-year recurrence-free, cancer-specific, and overall survival rates were 83% (95% CI: 61%, 93%), 96% (95% CI: 75%, 99%), and 96% (95% CI: 75%, 99%), ... See full document

... Methods: Prospective data has been collected from August 2006 including patient demographics and tumor characteristics. Follow-up data includes radiologic surveillance by CT scans performed at 3 months and annually ... See full document

... The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, United States Introduction and Objectives: Active surveillance (AS) is a suitable option for many patients with low risk prostate cancer (PCa) that relies on ... See full document

... Materials and Methods: We used the Québec Health Plan database to identify 12241 assessable men diagnosed with prostate cancer (PCa), who were treated between 1992 and 2000 with either bilateral orchiec- ... See full document

... Results: Sixteen (1.5%) patients presented with RAP. Out of 628 open NSS and 421 laparoscopic or robot-assisted NSS, 8 patients each (1.27% and 1.9% respectively) presented with RAP. Mean patient age was 64.3 years ... See full document

... bladder cancer in Ontario undergoing cys- tectomy from 1994-2008 were identified in the Ontario Cancer ...and cancer specific survival (CSS) were estimated using the Kaplan-Meier ...of ... See full document