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For men with localized low-risk prostate cancer, there is no rush to decide on a treatment option, according to the National Prostate Cancer Register (NPCR) of Sweden Follow-up Study published online in the Journal of Urology. This suggestion is based on findings that after median follow-up of 8 years, men who underwent prompt radical prostatectomy had no significant difference in the presence of one of three adverse pathology features or in prostate cancer–specific mortality than men who deferred surgery for up to 19 months.

 

Choice of adjuvant chemotherapy based on a histocultural drug response assay (HDRA) proved useful in improving survival in patients with non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLS) who have undergone surgical resection, according to a new study in the September issue of Journal of Thoracic Oncology.

 

Risk-reducing surgery reduced the risk for breast and ovarian cancer in a study of women with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations. Prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy also reduced all-cause and cancer-specific mortality in these high-risk women.

 

Eating a variety of fruits and vegetables may protect smokers against lung cancer, according to new data from a multicenter cohort study.

 

The inverse relationship between variety in vegetable consumption and lung cancer risk was independent of quantity and restricted to current smokers.

 

The US Department of Health and Human Services has expanded coverage of evidence-based tobacco cessation counseling for Medicare beneficiaries, making it possible for all smokers to receive counseling from a qualified physician or other Medicare-recognized practitioner who can help them quit smoking.

 

Previously, Medicare covered tobacco cessation counseling only for individuals with a diagnosed tobacco-related disease or with signs or symptoms of such a disease.

 

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) measurements at 2 years should capture the majority of low-risk cases that progress after treatment with radical prostatectomy, suggests a new study in the September issue of the Journal of Urology.

 

Adult women viewed the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine positively, but their decision to be vaccinated will likely be very influenced by the cost of the vaccine, according to a survey published in the August 19 issue of Sexual Health.

 

Addition of chemotherapy to radiotherapy improves survival in women with cervical cancer, results of an audit by Royal College of Radiologists suggests.

 

Dr Paul Symonds of the University of Leicester, United Kingdom, and colleagues reviewed the case histories of 1412 women with cervical cancer who were treated at 42 United Kingdom cancer centers in 2001 to 2002 (Clin Oncol. 2010;22:590-601. Epub 2010 Jul 1).They compared recurrence, survival, and complications in patients who received radiotherapy alone or combined with cisplatin.

SAN FRANCISCO –An hour-long lecture by a fertility specialist during oncology grand rounds dramatically improves the rate of pretreatment sperm cryopreservation in young men with cancer, according to data presented at the American Urological Association (AUA) 2010 Annual Scientific Meeting.

 

The researchers, from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, found that a single lecture by a urologist specializing in male infertility increased sperm cryopreservation in male cancer patients fourfold.