Harvard doctor talks about how urological cancers can be treated with the use of robots Researcher at Harvard University's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the Vietnamese doctor Quoc-Dien Trinh was in Brazil to attend the 5th International Symposium of the Oncoclinics Group,…
Even before laparoscopic surgery took off around 1990, several companies, backed by U.S. defense grants, were at work on robotic surgical systems. Laparoscopic surgery has proven to be a significant medical advance, turning major surgeries that left scars and kept…
Many studies have shown the negative effect health providers’ underlying prejudices can have on the doctor-patient relationship and the decisions patients make about their care. And according to a new study, oncologists are not immune. Some cancer physicians are letting…
Despite U.S. guidelines recommending against prostate cancer screening in elderly men, many specialists and older physicians still do these tests, a recent study suggests. In 2008, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), a government-backed panel of independent physicians, recommended…
Men who get prostate cancer surgery at hospitals that do a lot of these procedures may have better results, and those better outcomes might help offset the added cost of care at specialized facilities, a U.S. study suggests. It’s also…
Men taking testosterone-blocking drugs have nearly twice the risk of developing disease as those using other treatments. Men taking testosterone-blocking drugs to treat prostate cancer have nearly twice the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease as those using other treatments, according…
Health advice is often confusing — and conflicting — and nothing proves that better than recommendations about prostate cancer screening. The prostate specific antigen (PSA) blood test can pick up early signs of tumors in the prostate, but it’s not…
Older black men with prostate cancer seem more likely to receive poorer quality of care that costs more compared to white men, a new study found. Although there was no difference between the races in survival from prostate cancer, black…
Older black men who have surgery for prostate cancer may have more complications and pay higher out-of-pocket costs than white men, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers focused on men with localized prostate tumors who would be good candidates for removal…
About one in 30 women who get a common type of vaginal surgery to address urinary incontinence will need repeat procedures within 10 years to remove or replace mesh slings inserted to prevent leaking urine, a study finds. Many complications,…