Natasha Persaud

Patients on dialysis die from cancer at twice the rate as those of the same age and sex in the general population, a study found.

Study confirms the care gap in bone health management and fracture prevention among older men with prostate cancer receiving androgen deprivation therapy.

In a study, approximately half of patients with and without stage 3a CKD maintained their renal function after orthotopic neobladder formation.

The risk for kidney failure requiring renal replacement therapy varies by cancer type, with multiple myeloma associated with the highest risk.

Major complications after cancer surgery doubled the odds of a late readmission for venous thromboembolism.

Progression on bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) likely represents a biologically aggressive disease state as well as diagnostic delay, according to investigators.

Long-term post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence affects 3% to 10% of patients.

Study results support an attempt at bladder preservation in patients with BCG-unresponsive nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer.

Older age independently predicted significant 48% lower odds of the gold standard treatment of NAC and radical cystectomy.

In a small study, most BCG-unresponsive patients who were initially managed conservatively ultimately underwent cystectomy.