Outcomes of Scheduled vs For-Cause Biopsy Regimens for Prostate Cancer Active Surveillance.

Purpose: Active surveillance is a first line treatment option for patients with low risk prostate cancer but standardized regimens are lacking, including uniform protocols for surveillance prostate biopsy. We compared the outcomes of 2 active surveillance regimens that differ in whether a scheduled biopsy was performed in the absence of clinical progression.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the records of 313 consecutive patients with prostate cancer at a NCCN® (National Comprehensive Cancer Network®) institution who were assigned prospectively to 1 of 2 active surveillance biopsy regimens.

Gender disparity in kidney cancer treatment: women are more likely to undergo radical excision of a localized renal mass.

Objective: To investigate gender effects on the type of nephrectomy performed for a stage I renal mass and differences that might account for disparity in treatment patterns according to gender.

Methods: Using a single-institution database, patients who underwent nephrectomy at a tertiary referral center for a localized, solitary tumor, ≤ 7 cm with a normal contralateral kidney were identified. Variables thought to affect selection for type of nephrectomy were compared between male and female patients.

Perioperative and renal function outcomes of minimally invasive partial nephrectomy for T1b and T2a kidney tumors.

Purpose: To compare operative and functional outcomes of minimally invasive partial nephrectomy (MPN) and minimally invasive radical nephrectomy (MRN) for T(1b) and T(2a) renal tumors.

Patients And Methods: All patients who underwent MPN or MRN for a localized, solitary renal mass 4 to 10 cm were included. Perioperative and renal function outcomes were compared.