Antitumour effect of electrochemotherapy with bleomycin on human prostate cancer xenograft.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the most recent data from phase I and II clinical trials of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) using image-guided robotic radiosurgery, specifically the Cyberknife(®) (Accuracy Incorporated, Sunnyvale, CA, USA). To better determine thecurrent role of this type of radiosurgery in prostate ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Seisen T,Drouin SJ,Phé V,Parra J,Mozer P,Bitker MO,Cussenot O,Rouprêt M

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the potential role of platelet-derived growth factor-AA (PDGF-AA) and the PDGF-α receptor as prognostic markers in Wilms' tumour. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The expression of PDGF-AA and PDGF-α were investigated using immunohistochemical analysis of 62 Wilms' tumours. Patients were treated with chem...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Ghanem M,Nijman R,Safan M,van der Kwast T,Vansteenbrugge G

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the effects of taking tadalafil 5 mg and placebo once daily on post-micturition dribble (PMD) in men with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Our prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial enrolled 102 men with PMD and other LUTS. PMD was as...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Yang DY,Jeong HC,Ko K,Lee SH,Lee SK,Shin TY,Cho JS,Lee WK

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the risk of failure during drug development in castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) and to identify factors that could improve outcomes. METHODS:We investigated CRPC by analysing compounds in phase I to phase III clinical trials between 1998 and April 2011. Drug development failures were...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Tenuta A,Klotz L,Parker JL

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe our experience of penile urethral repair and reconstruction, cataloguing the change in practice from one-stage flap to two-stage free graft procedures for anterior urethroplasty. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between January 1992 and December 1996, 79 patients underwent anterior urethroplasty. Of the 45 o...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Greenwell TJ,Venn SN,Mundy AR

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To help clarify which small renal cortical neoplasms (RCNs) require surgery by using office-based, ultrasonography-guided percutaneous renal biopsy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Biopsies were performed using facilitated ultrasound targeting (FUT) technology, which incorporates a needle guide and onscreen beam-steer...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Menhadji AD,Nguyen V,Okhunov Z,Bucur P,Chu WH,Cho J,Billingsley J,Morrison D,Kelly CR,Landman J

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the impact of serum vitamin D level on male lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Men with LUTS who visited the outpatient clinic of the urology department at one of two hospitals between March 2014 and April 2017 were eligible for inclusion in the study. The impact of vitami...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Yoo S,Oh S,Kim HS,Choi HS,Park J,Cho SY,Son H,Jeong H,Lee HW,Cho MC

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of revalidation (or maintenance of certification) is to reassure patients, the general public, employers and other healthcare professionals that an individual is fit to practice. It may lead to a reduction in near misses or adverse events. The process of revalidation entails a commitment to the provision of li...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Ahmed K,Zakri R,Rowland S,Joyce A,Challacombe B,Dasgupta P,Khan MS

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the use of sodium pentosan polysulphate (SPP) for haemorrhagic cystitis (HC), a potentially life-threatening side-effect in patients treated with pelvic radiotherapy or cyclophosphamide, and which can be difficult to manage as patients often have significant comorbidity. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Betwee...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Sandhu SS,Goldstraw M,Woodhouse CR

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To present our experience and outcome of consecutive laparoscopic renal biopsy over a 9-year period, as renal biopsy remains an important diagnostic procedure for evaluating proteinuria, haematuria and renal failure, but when percutaneous biopsy is contraindicated, a laparoscopic biopsy is an attractive opti...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Shetye KR,Kavoussi LR,Ramakumar S,Fugita OE,Jarrett TW

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize a newly established human testicular carcinoma cell line that continuously produces alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), and to investigate the effects of retinoic acid on AFP production. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A 24-year-old man underwent a radical orchidectomy for a right testicular tumour and was found ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Ueno M,Nakashima J,Ohigashi T,Deguchi N,Ban S,Akita M,Murai M

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To establish a set of consensus statements to facilitate physician management strategies for patients with metastatic prostate cancer (mPCa) in Hong Kong. A local expert consensus was organized jointly by the two main professional organizations representing prostate cancer specialists in Hong Kong. A total of 12 exper...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Poon DM,Chan CK,Chan TW,Cheung FY,Kwong PW,Lee EK,Leung AK,Leung SY,Ma WK,So HS,Tam PC,Ho LY

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the association of hospital volume and 90-day mortality after cystectomy, conditional on survival for 30 days. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The National Cancer Data Base was used to evaluate 30- and 90-day mortality for 35,055 patients who underwent cystectomy for bladder cancer at one of 1118 hospitals. ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Nielsen ME,Mallin K,Weaver MA,Palis B,Stewart A,Winchester DP,Milowsky MI

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To systematically review the literature on the prognostic value of lymphovascular invasion (LVI) and embryonal carcinoma (EC) for occult metastatic disease in clinical stage I nonseminomatous germ cell tumour (CS I NSGCT). MATERIALS AND METHODS:The PubMed, Embase (OVID) and SCOPUS databases were searched up ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Blok JM,Pluim I,Daugaard G,Wagner T,Jóźwiak K,Wilthagen EA,Looijenga LHJ,Meijer RP,Bosch JLHR,Horenblas S

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether injection with pericapsular lignocaine before transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS)-guided biopsy reduces the perceived pain of prostatic biopsy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The study included 121 patients referred for TRUS-guided biopsy of the prostate; 27 underwent biopsy with no previous injecti...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Walker AE,Schelvan C,Rockall AG,Rickards D,Kellett MJ

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:•To compare the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial Risk Calculator (PCPT-RC) and European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer Risk Calculator (ERSPC-RC) in a single-institution Canadian cohort. PATIENTS AND METHODS:•At Princess Margaret Hospital, 982 consecutive patients with PCPT-RC and ERSPC-RC...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Trottier G,Roobol MJ,Lawrentschuk N,Boström PJ,Fernandes KA,Finelli A,Chadwick K,Evans A,van der Kwast TH,Toi A,Zlotta AR,Fleshner NE

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effects of cycling oestrogen in rabbits, as oestrogen is essential for physiological maintenance and integrity of the female urogenital tract. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Changes in circulating oestrogen have marked effects on the bladder of experimental animals, with ovariectomy (Ovx) inducing sm...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Palmieri K,Mannikarottu AS,Chichester P,Kogan B,Leggett RE,Whitbeck C,Levin RM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify a phenotype that could be informative and prognostic in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) peripheral blood was evaluated for TH1, TH2, regulatory T cells (Tregs), natural killer (NK) and NKT cells and for cytokines/chemokines. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Peripheral blood from 77 patients with RCC...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Polimeno M,Napolitano M,Costantini S,Portella L,Esposito A,Capone F,Guerriero E,Trotta A,Zanotta S,Pucci L,Longo N,Perdonà S,Pignata S,Castello G,Scala S

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe our current procedure of robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP), and to assess the effect of the learning curve on perioperative data, early oncological outcomes and functional results, as RALP has increasingly become a treatment option for men with localized prostate cancer. PA...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Ploussard G,Xylinas E,Salomon L,Vordos D,Hoznek A,Abbou CC,De La Taille A

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effectiveness of cancer control afforded by radical prostatectomy (RP) in patients with clinical stage T3 prostate cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed data for patients treated by RP for clinical stage T3 prostate cancer between 1995 and 2005. The following case characte...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Xylinas E,Drouin SJ,Comperat E,Vaessen C,Renard-Penna R,Misrai V,Bitker MO,Chartier-Kastler E,Richard F,Cussenot O,Roupret M

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish the predictive accuracy of the Kattan preoperative nomogram by comparing predictions at 5 years with actual progression in patients who had a radical prostatectomy (RP). MATERIALS AND METHODS:We reviewed the data for 928 patients treated by RP as a first-line treatment for localized prostate can...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Rouprêt M,Hupertan V,Comperat E,Drouin SJ,Phé V,Xylinas E,Demanse D,Sibony M,Richard F,Cussenot O

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare, in a retrospective observational cohort study, the efficacy, tolerability, safety and clinical effectiveness of propiverine and oxybutynin in children and adolescents with neurogenic detrusor overactivity (NDO). PATIENTS AND METHODS:In all, 255 children and adolescents (aged 1-18 years) with NDO ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Madersbacher H,Mürtz G,Alloussi S,Domurath B,Henne T,Körner I,Niedeggen A,Nounla J,Pannek J,Schulte-Baukloh H,Schultz-Lampel D,Bock P,Strugala G

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report a national questionnaire survey of all consultant urologists, providing a 'snapshot' of attitudes, current practice and referral patterns for radical prostatectomy (RP) in Britain and Ireland at the millennium. METHODS:During 1999/2000 a simple questionnaire about RP was sent to the 487 urologists ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Ravichandran S,Dasgupta P,Booth CM

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the metabolic changes between men with advanced prostate cancer commenced on a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist and those treated with orchiectomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Fifty-eight hormone-naive men with advanced prostate cancer were randomly assigned (1:1) to either subcapsular orch...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Østergren PB,Kistorp C,Fode M,Bennedbaek FN,Faber J,Sønksen J

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To provide data on the prevalence of urinary, bowel and sexual dysfunction in Northern Ireland (NI), to act as a baseline for studies of prostate cancer outcomes and to aid service provision within the general population. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:A cross-sectional postal survey of 10 000 men aged ≥40 years in N...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Donnelly DW,Donnelly C,Kearney T,Weller D,Sharp L,Downing A,Wilding S,Wright P,Kind P,Catto JWF,Cross WR,Mason MD,McCaughan E,Wagland R,Watson E,Mottram R,Allen M,Butcher H,Hounsome L,Selby P,Huws D,Brewster DH

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the significance of viable tumour in the prostate of patients with metastatic androgen-independent prostate cancer (AIPC). PATIENTS AND METHODS:We evaluated the clinicopathological features, including follow-up, of 40 men with metastatic AIPC who had a transrectal biopsy of the prostate. RESULTS:P...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Aragon-Ching JB,Gillespie J,Price DK,Chuaqui R,Rodriguez-Canales J,Steinberg SM,Dahut WL,Figg WD

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the feasibility of using laser energy during nerve-sparing robotically assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP), as the energy sources currently used for haemostasis in RARP adversely affect cavernous nerve function, while clips require application by a skilled assistant, but laser energy potentially...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Gianduzzo T,Colombo JR Jr,Haber GP,Hafron J,Magi-Galluzzi C,Aron M,Gill IS,Kaouk JH

更新日期：2008-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate prediction is essential for patient counselling, appropriate selection of treatments and determination of eligibility for clinical trials. In this review we assess the available determinants of oncological outcome after radical cystectomy (RC) for transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder. We reviewe...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Margulis V,Lotan Y,Montorsi F,Shariat SF

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of various treatments for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) on sexual function. PATIENTS AND METHODS:In a longitudinal multicentre study carried out in the Netherlands, 670 consecutive patients with BPH (aged > or = 50 years) were examined at baseline and 9 months after inclusion. Al...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Leliefeld HH,Stoevelaar HJ,McDonnell J

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine national trends in the medical and surgical treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) using Australian Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) population data from 2000 to 2018. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Annual data was extracted from the MBS, PBS and Australian ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Morton A,Williams M,Perera M,Teloken PE,Donato P,Ranasinghe S,Chung E,Bolton D,Yaxley J,Roberts MJ

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00