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Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University

Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University

Polsky Urologic Cancer Institute

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Research by Edward Schaeffer published in Journal of Clinical Cancer Research
10.15.2019
Clinical trial led by Dr. Maha Hussain shows promise for personalized treatment of castrate-resistant prostate cancer
10.01.2019
Dr. Schaeffer and resident Adarsh Manjunath discuss the Northwestern Urology robotic surgery program and how we incorporate the robot into resident education and surgical training
09.15.2019
Dr. Meeks and colleagues present a MRI protocol developed in the Meeks lab to assess tumor size and stage
09.14.2019
Northwestern Urology Genetic Counselor, Brittany Szymaniak, discuss genetic counseling in GU cancers with Uro Today
09.13.2019
Alicia Morgans is conducting groundbreaking research to assess the emotional, physical and functional wellbeing of men with prostate cancer
09.12.2019
Dr. Auffenberg speaks with WGN news during Testicular Cancer Awareness Month to discuss symptoms and early detection of testicular cancer
09.11.2019
Presentation by Dr. Ted Schaeffer named conference highlight of the 2019 American Urological Association Annual Meeting
09.10.2019
Prostate Cancer: To Treat or Not to Treat?
04.10.2019
Dr. Meeks discusses the treatment of high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer in a BCG-rationed era, and new treatment strategies that are being developed with UroToday
04.09.2019
Dr. Maha Hussain highlights how releasing the survival data from the study regarding the potential of enzalutamide in the treatment of patients with prostate cancer will be an important step of moving this agent forward
04.08.2019
Lead author, Dr. Alicia Morgans with Dr. Maha Hussain, David Cella PhD and their colleagues examine the quality of life during treatment of prostate cancer with chemo hormonal therapy.
04.04.2019
Dr. Shilajit Kundu highlights how men with IBD should be screened more carefully than a man without IBD as elevated PSA levels can be indicative of prostate cancer
04.03.2019
Dr. Edward Schaeffer talks with Bill Madden from WMBS-Pittsburgh about prostate cancer symptoms as well as treatment options and more
04.03.2019
Dr. Joshua Meeks talks how the genomics of bladder are still largely unknown with OncLive
04.03.2019
Dr. Meeks discusses the SWOG 1806 study, Chemoradiotherapy With or Without Atezolizumab in Treating Patients With Localized Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer. The study is expected to begin enrollment in May 2019.
04.03.2019
Dr. Schaeffer discusses key take home messages from the prostate cancer presentations from ASCO GU 2019 conference
04.03.2019
This Year's Don't-Miss News in Contraception: Dr. Nelson Bennett weighs in on the latest findings in male sexual health
01.02.2019
Dr. Catalona comments on a new study published in @EUplatinum showing visual registration combined with image fusion results in high prostate cancer detection rates
12.20.2018
New Understanding of Enzyme’s Role in Prostate Cancer
12.14.2018
New treatment lowers risk for death from aggressive prostate cancer by over 70 percent, study finds
10.30.2018

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