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Cancer Survivorship: A Primer for Primary Care
CME/CE The number of cancer survivors grows each day. What are the essential components of survivorship care?
Medscape Education Family Medicine, May 2012
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Size Matters When It Comes to Needle Core Length in Prostate Biopsy
CME A retrospective study shows that when a transrectal prostate biopsy is performed, needle core length directly influences the cancer detection rate.
Reuters Health Information CME, April 2012
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Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: New Targets, New Therapeutic Approaches
CME The landscape of mCRPC treatment has greatly changed in the past 2 years. An expert panel discusses recent progress and ongoing challenges.
Medscape Education Oncology, March 2012
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Circumcision Yields Decreased Risk for Prostate Cancer
CME Early circumcision vs no circumcision was linked to a 15% reduction in the relative risk for prostate cancer, in both aggressive and less aggressive disease.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, March 2012
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Maintaining Bone Health in Patients With Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, and Multiple Myeloma
CME/CE Experts address the challenges of preventing bone-related complications in 3 different clinical scenarios.
Medscape Education Oncology, January 2012
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Maintaining Bone Health in Cancer: An Expert Column Series for Pharmacists
CE What are the specific risks in breast cancer, prostate cancer, and multiple myeloma?
Medscape Education Oncology, January 2012
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Debate Persists Regarding PSA Screening for Prostate Cancer
CME/CE In a series of 4 opinion articles on prostate cancer screening, most of the commentators take issue with recommendation by the US Preventive Services Task Force.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, January 2012
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Maintaining Bone Health in Cancer: An Expert Column Series
CME/CE What are the implications in breast cancer, prostate cancer, and multiple myeloma?
Medscape Education Oncology, December 2011
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Cancer-Related Bone Disease: Path of the Patient
CME Improve clinical awareness of the risk of skeletal-related events in patients with prostate and breast cancer and evaluate new therapeutic approaches to manage bone complications
December 2011
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ADT for Prostate Cancer Not Associated With CV Mortality
CME/CE Unlike previous studies, a new meta-analysis has found no association of androgen-deprivation therapy for prostate cancer with a higher risk for fatal cardiovascular events.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, December 2011
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Change in C diff Antibiotics Yields More Postsurgical Infections
CME Patients undergoing prostate biopsies who were administered a new antibiotic regimen had more than 5 times as many postsurgical infections vs patients administered the previous regimen.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, November 2011
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Targeting Proangiogenic Pathways in Solid Tumors
CME/CE Learn about angiogenesis as it relates to tumor growth, the development of inhibitory molecules, and resistance to available agents.
Medscape Education Oncology, November 2011
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Draft Guidelines Recommend Against PSA Screening: USPSTF Review
CME/CE The US Preventive Services Task Force has issued draft guidelines that recommend against routine screening for prostate cancer using the prostate-specific antigen test.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, October 2011
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Vitamin E Supplements May Raise Prostate Cancer Risk
CME Vitamin E supplementation in men did not protect against prostate cancer; instead, it might increase risk.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, October 2011
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Validated Model Predicts Erectile Function After Prostate Cancer Treatment
CME The study authors provide a validated prediction model to enable clinicians to assess men's erectile function after prostate cancer treatment.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, September 2011
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Clinical Perspectives in Advanced Prostate Cancer: Asymptomatic vs Symptomatic Disease
CE Dr. Oliver Sartor and nurse Sandra Kelly review 2 real-life cases of patients with advanced prostate cancer.
Medscape Education Oncology, September 2011
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Treatment With Short-Term ADT Improves Prostate Cancer Survival
CME Intermediate-risk patients with prostate cancer had improved overall and disease-specific survival benefits using short-term androgen-deprivation therapy combined with radiation therapy.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, July 2011
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Formal 1-to-1 Physical Therapy Ineffective to Treat Incontinence After Prostate Surgery
CME Conservative one-to-one physical therapy for urinary incontinence following prostate surgery was no more effective than standard care with pelvic floor exercises.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, July 2011
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Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer After Prostatectomy: Adjuvant or Salvage?
CME What is the best timing for radiation therapy among men who received prostatectomy for prostate cancer? The current review investigates this issue.
Nature Reviews Urology, July 2011
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Smoking Associated With Increased Risk for Prostate Cancer Mortality
CME Risk for all-cause, cardiovascular, and prostate-cancer-specific death was increased in men who smoke at the time of their prostate cancer diagnosis.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, June 2011
