Imaging Prostate Cancer: A Multidisciplinary Perspective1

H Hricak, PL Choyke, SC Eberhardt, SA Leibel… - Radiology, 2007 - pubs.rsna.org
The major goal for prostate cancer imaging in the next decade is more accurate disease
characterization through the synthesis of anatomic, functional, and molecular imaging …

Gene methylation and early detection of genitourinary cancer: the road ahead

P Cairns - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2007 - nature.com
DNA methylation is a common mechanism of inactivation of tumour-suppressor and other
cancer genes in neoplastic cells. The advantages of gene methylation as a target for the …

Prostate cancer screening decreases the absolute risk of being diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer—results from a prospective, population-based randomized …

G Aus, S Bergdahl, P Lodding, H Lilja, J Hugosson - European urology, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: Randomized controlled trials are currently conducted to assess whether the
mortality from prostate cancer is reduced by early detection with the use of prostate-specific …

Prostate cancer screening

P Tenke, J Horti, P Balint, B Kovacs - Prostate Cancer, 2007 - Springer
Prostate cancer is a major healthcare problem worldwide, especially in the industrialized
countries of the Western world. Prostate cancer has become the most common type of …

Prostate cancer prevention

WG Nelson - Current opinion in urology, 2007 - journals.lww.com
The contributions of infection and inflammation to the early development of prostate cancer
suggest prevention strategies featuring prevention or eradication of infection, amelioration of …

Improved stage and grade-specific progression-free survival rates after radical prostatectomy in the PSA era

NV Desireddi, KA Roehl, S Loeb, X Yu, CR Griffin… - Urology, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: Since the initiation of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening, the
progression-free survival (PFS) rates after radical prostatectomy have markedly improved …

Transrectal broadband-Doppler sonography with intravenous contrast medium administration for prostate imaging and biopsy in men with an elevated PSA value and …

K Taymoorian, A Thomas, T Slowinski… - Anticancer …, 2007 - ar.iiarjournals.org
The aim of this study was to determine the prostate cancer detection rate of targeted biopsy
using contrast-enhanced ultrasound (US) in patients with elevated prostate specific antigen …

Under diagnosis and over diagnosis of prostate cancer in a screening population with serum PSA 2 to 10 ng/ml

AE Pelzer, J Bektic, T Akkad, S Ongarello… - The Journal of …, 2007 - auajournals.org
Purpose: Since the implementation of widespread serum total prostate specific antigen
based screening, the risk of prostate cancer over diagnosis has become a concern. We …

Guidelines and counselling for treatment options in the management of prostate cancer

A Heidenreich - Prostate Cancer, 2007 - Springer
Prostate cancer is often a complex disease and one in which many aspects of the disease
and the affected patient must be taken into consideration before decisions about diagnostic …

Economic impact of different preparations of leuprolide acetate in the management of advanced prostate cancer

IAO Odeyemi, R Berges… - Journal of Medical …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
This study aimed to compare the economic impact of 1-, 3-and 6-monthly preparations of
leuprolide acetate, a luteinising hormone-releasing hormone agonist (LHRHa), in the …