Keck Medicine of USC - Archive (Urology)
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2023
April
30,
2023
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12:25 PM
America/Los_Angeles
LOS ANGELES — No one has ever performed a bladder transplant in humans. But that may be about to change.Urologists with Keck Medicine of USC have launched a clinical trial to perform the world’s first human bladder transplant.The trial is actively …
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March
30,
2023
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07:01 AM
America/Los_Angeles
LOS ANGELES — A newly published study paves the way for some patients with testicular cancer to avoid chemotherapy and radiation.Seminoma is a slow-growing form of testicular cancer that if untreated, typically metastasizes (spreads) to lymph nodes …
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2022
March
14,
2022
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08:15 AM
America/Los_Angeles
LOS ANGELES — A new study from Keck Medicine of USC finds that the incidence rate of metastatic prostate cancer has significantly increased for men 45 and older and coincides with recommendations against routine prostate cancer screenings."This …
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2021
February
11,
2021
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05:16 AM
America/Los_Angeles
LOS ANGELES — Some 15% of couples struggle with infertility. When couples fail to conceive, guidelines recommend both the man and woman undergo a tandem fertility evaluation.For men, this includes providing at least one semen sample, …
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2020
September
18,
2020
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06:04 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men except for skin cancers, according to the American Cancer Society. However, innovations in diagnostics and treatment have made prostate cancer a very treatable disease, with a 98% five-year …
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September
08,
2020
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Innovative, minimally invasive treatment can help maintain prostate cancer patients’ quality of life
For some prostate cancer patients, radical treatment (surgery or radiation) are treatment standards. However, these procedures may cause side effects including urinary incontinence or impotency.
A new study from USC Urology with Keck Medicine of …
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2019
October
30,
2019
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16:12 PM
America/Los_Angeles
A new study published in Lancet Oncology reveals that the internet popularity of health awareness campaigns may not always translate into a greater interest in related health behaviors.
Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of …
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June
26,
2019
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13:40 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Men who want to improve their libido or build body mass may want to think twice before using testosterone-boosting supplements — also known as “T boosters” — as research shows these alternatives to traditional …
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2018
September
11,
2018
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08:55 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC are looking to technology to help deconstruct expert surgeons’ robotic surgery skills so they can create an objective, standardized way to train the next generation of surgeons. Using a data …
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