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Levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA) mRNA in circulating tumour cells can be used alongside serum PSA protein levels to refine the assessment of disease progression in patient with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), a new study has found.

Oral sitafloxacin was just as effective and safe as levofloxacin for the treatment of complicated and uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) in adults, according to a phase III study from China.

In patients with clinically localized Gleason 9–10 prostate cancer, dose-escalated radiotherapy confers better biochemical disease-free survival and prostate cancer-specific mortality than conventional doses, a recent study has found.

Four cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) results in better pathological response and survival than three NACT cycles in patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer, reveals a recent study.

Intracorporeal urinary diversion (ICUD) is associated with similar postoperative complication rates, reduced blood loss and shorter hospitalization vs extracorporeal urinary diversion (ECUD) in patients undergoing robotic-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) for localized bladder cancer, data from the Asian RARC Consortium registry have shown.

A prolonged gap between biopsy and robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) does not significantly influence the likelihood of biochemical recurrence (BCR) in prostate cancer patients, even in those who are considered high-risk, a recent Japan study has found.