Publications by authors named "Alberto Mendiola-Lopez"
Urologists' and general practitioners' knowledge, beliefs and practice relevant for opportunistic prostate cancer screening: a PRISMA-compliant systematic review.
María Estevan-Ortega Cristina de la Encarnación Castellano Alberto Mendiola-López Lucy A Parker Juan Pablo Caballero-Romeu
Front Med (Lausanne)
February 2024
Article Synopsis
- Recent guidelines suggest prostate cancer screening decisions should be made collaboratively between patients and clinicians, yet many clinicians lack awareness about screening practices.
- A review of 14 studies found that general practitioners generally have lower awareness and less favorable opinions about PSA testing compared to urologists, who are more knowledgeable and proactive in using the test.
- The study highlights a need for educational interventions for general practitioners to improve their understanding of prostate cancer guidelines and risk factors.
Bladder cancer is around the 10th most diagnosed cancer, although has a considerable mortality. Recent research and new methodologies have discarded the historical dogma that the bladder (and urine) was sterile under normal conditions. Specifically, only a few studies have reported a detailed analysis of the urinary microbiota in patients with bladder cancer, thus exhibiting a remarkable variability due to the low biomass of the urinary microbiota and the influence of many factors.
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