Michelle Ferrari

TL;DR: It is suggested that prostate tumors can be usefully classified according to their gene expression patterns, and these tumor subtypes may provide a basis for improved prognostication and treatment stratification.

TL;DR: The findings reveal that prostate cancers develop via a limited number of alternative preferred genetic pathways and provide a new framework for investigating prostate cancer biology and explain in part the clinical heterogeneity of the disease.

TL;DR: Serum prostate specific antigen was determined (Yang polyclonal radioimmunoassay) in 183 men after radiation therapy for adenocarcinoma of the prostate and total serum acid phosphatase levels were poorly related to prostate Specific Antigen levels, were less effective in discriminating patients with metastatic disease and provided no additional information beyond that provided by prostatespecific antigen.

TL;DR: Data suggest that serum prostate specific antigen determination 6 months after introduction of therapy is capable of distinguishing patients with a favorable and persisting response to anti-androgen therapy from those in whom a limited response can be expected.

TL;DR: The male bulbourethral sling procedure is effective treatment for post-radical prostatectomy urinary incontinence and patients who had received adjuvant radiation therapy demonstrated a lower continence rate than those who had not.