I recently returned from a meeting of the Technology and Publications Committee of the Urology Care Foundation. This is the official foundation of the American Urological Association, which provides educational materials and other resources for patients. One particularly impressive resource that our committee oversees is the patient magazine called Urology Health Extra. Here is a… Read More
Dr. Stacy Loeb MD, MSc, PhD (Hon)
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Tuesday, December 1st 2015
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Welcome to Dr. Stacy Loeb’s blog!
Welcome to Dr. Stacy Loeb’s blog! Stay tuned to this section for urology updates, research findings and conference highlights. Check the publications tab for previous research related to: prostate cancer: PSA Screening, biomarkers, genetics, epidemiology, prostate biopsy, staging, active surveillance, treatment. other urology topics: surgical technique, uro-oncology, benign disease social media
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Sunday, November 29th 2015
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Cancer Research & Oncology Virtual Conference
Dr Stacy Loeb presented on “Active Surveillance: Trends in Use, Patient Selection and Monitoring” Category: prostate cancer Location: http://www.labroots.com/webcast/id/554
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Saturday, November 14th 2015
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The 10th Atlantic Uro Oncology Meeting
Halifax, Canada. November 14, 2015 Lecture Topics: Prostate Cancer Markers and Active Surveillance Category: Prostate Cancer
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Friday, November 6th 2015
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Prostate Cancer World Congress
Cairns, Australia. August 2015 Lecture Topics: Key publications in prostate cancer, Active Surveillance for prostate cancer, Updates to Gleason grading, Social Media and Prostate Cancer. Category: Prostate Cancer
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Thursday, October 29th 2015
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Reviews/Editorials
Loeb S. Editorial Comment on “Trends in Prostate Specific Antigen Screening, Prostate Biopsies, Urology Visits, and Prostate Cancer Treatments from 2000 to 2012.” Urology 2015; 86: 504-5. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26282019
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Wednesday, October 28th 2015
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Other Original Articles
Bostrӧm PJ, Bjartell AS, Catto JW, Eggener SE, Lilja H, Loeb S, Schalken J, Schlomm T, and Cooperberg MR. “Genomic Predictors of Outcome in Prostate Cancer.” European Urology 2015 epub. PMID: 25913390. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25913390
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Wednesday, October 28th 2015
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Reviews/Editorials
Loeb S. Editorial Comment on “Impact of prostate-specific antigen on a baseline prostate cancer risk assessment including genetic risk.” Urology 2015; 85: 170. PMID: 25530380. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25530379
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Tuesday, October 27th 2015
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Reviews/Editorials
Loeb S, Cooperberg MR. “Early Detection of Prostate Cancer.” Urological Clinics of North America 2014 May epub. PMID: 24725496 Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24725496
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Tuesday, October 27th 2015
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Reviews/Editorials
Loeb S. “Prostate Biopsy Decisions: One Size Fits All Approach with Total PSA is Out and a Multivariable Approach with the Prostate Health Index is In.” BJU International 2015 June epub. PMID: 26054000. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26054000
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Tuesday, October 27th 2015
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Other Original Articles
Loeb S, Bruinsma SM, Nicholson J, Briganti A, Pickles T, Kakehi Y, Carlsson SV, Roobol MJ. “Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review of Clinicopathologic Variables and Biomarkers for Risk Stratification.” European Urology 2014 Oct epub. PMID: 25457014 Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25457014
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Monday, October 26th 2015
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Reviews/Editorials
Loeb S. “Time to replace prostate-specific antigen (PSA) with the Prostate Health Index (PHI)? Yet more evidence that PHI consistently outperforms PSA across diverse populations.” BJU International 2015; 115: 500. PMID: 25808708 Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25808708
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Monday, October 26th 2015
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Other Original Articles
Loeb S, Sokoll LJ, Broyles DL, Bangma CH, van Schaik RH, Klee GG, Wei JT, Sanda MG, Partin AW, Slawin KM, Marks LS, Mizrahi IA, Shin SS, Cruz AB, Chan DW, Roberts WL, Catalona WJ. “Prospective Multicenter Evaluation of the Beckman Coulter Prostate Health Index Using WHO Calibration.” Journal of Urology 2012; epub November. PMID:… Read More
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Monday, October 26th 2015
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Reviews/Editorials
Vellekoop A and Loeb S. “Update of Randomized Trials for Prostate Cancer Screening.” Reviews in Urology 2013; 15: 37-9. PMID: 23671404 Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3651541/
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Sunday, October 25th 2015
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Reviews/Editorials
Loeb S. “Prostate cancer: Predicting prostate biopsy results- PCA3 versus phi.” Nature Reviews Urology 2015 epub Feb 3. PMID: 25644161 Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25644161
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