Overexpression of high mobility group box 1 with poor prognosis in patients after radical prostatectomy.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the efficacy of fluoroquinolone prophylaxis in patients undergoing transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS)-guided biopsy of the prostate in the Norwich population, and its correlation with ciprofloxacin resistance in the faecal flora. We also aimed to determine the usefulness of a pre-biopsy rectal sc...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Hanna MY,Tremlett C,Josan G,Eltom A,Mills R,Rochester M,Livermore DM

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review patients who had vesico-ureteric reflux corrected surgically by ureteric reimplantation during childhood, and thus assess their long-term outcome. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between 1970 and 1979, 322 children underwent ureteric reimplantation; 100 (79 women and 21 men) were re-assessed and the long-term...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Mor Y,Leibovitch I,Zalts R,Lotan D,Jonas P,Ramon J

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphatic drainage in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is unpredictable, however, basic patterns can be observed in cadaveric and sentinel lymph node mapping studies in patients with RCC. The existence of peripheral lymphovenous communications at the level of the renal vein has been shown in mammals but remains unknown in h...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Karmali RJ,Suami H,Wood CG,Karam JA

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:To determine whether dendritic cells (DC) transduced with the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) gene can induce PSA-specific cytotoxic lymphocytes (CTL) against prostate cancer cells, and whether bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) cell-wall skeleton (CWS) can enhance the maturation of DC-PSA and the killing activi...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Fujii R,Iwahashi M,Kikkawa K,Inagaki T,Kohjimoto Y,Ojima T,Mori T,Kuramoto T,Nishizawa S,Azuma I,Yamaue H,Shinka T,Hara I

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the clinical significance of preoperative erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) as prognostic factors in patients undergoing radical nephroureterectomy for upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC). PATIENTS AND METHODS:A total of 410 patients were retrospectiv...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Sung HH,Jeon HG,Jeong BC,Seo SI,Jeon SS,Choi HY,Lee HM

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Study Type--Therapy (cohort) Level of Evidence 2a. What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Despite expanding treatment options for castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), therapies with long response duration remain intangible due to prostate cancer cells' natural ability to develop it...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Nakabayashi M,Werner L,Courtney KD,Buckle G,Oh WK,Bubley GJ,Hayes JH,Weckstein D,Elfiky A,Sims DM,Kantoff PW,Taplin ME

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the urinary cytological changes caused by flexible cystoscopy and provide clinical guidelines for a reliable time interval for urinary cytological examination after flexible cystoscopy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Forty-eight patients attending for flexible cystoscopy were recruited into the study. Each ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： McVey RJ,Persad RV,Brown SC,Robinson E,Payne SR

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:What's known on the subject? and what does the study add?: As most urologist known, obesity significantly lowers serum PSA levels. So there is some concern about delayed diagnosis of prostate cancer in obese men. In the present study, we found that the accuracy level of PSA for detecting prostate cancer was ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Oh JJ,Jeong SJ,Lee BK,Jeong CW,Byun SS,Hong SK,Lee SE

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:• To compare outcomes of hilar clamping and non-hilar clamping partial nephrectomy for tumours involving a solitary functional kidney. PATIENTS AND METHODS:• Between 1990 and 2009, 104 partial nephrectomies, excluding bench and autotransplant procedures, were performed on solitary functional kidneys. • An in...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Wszolek MF,Kenney PA,Lee Y,Libertino JA

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review systematically all the available evidence on efficacy and safety of cannabinoids for treating neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction (NLUTD) in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). PATIENTS AND METHODS:The review was performed according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Abo Youssef N,Schneider MP,Mordasini L,Ineichen BV,Bachmann LM,Chartier-Kastler E,Panicker JN,Kessler TM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of the present review were to assess the literature on published outcomes and complications associated with surgical treatments for Peyronie's disease (PD) and to assist clinicians in the effective management of PD by increasing understanding and awareness of the outcomes associated with current surgical trea...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Carson CC,Levine LA

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To obtain a greater understanding of sexual behaviour and habits among men with and without erectile dysfunction (ED), and their female partners, to improve the management of ED in heterosexual men. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:A population-based study was conducted amongst men and women aged > 40 years. None of the...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Eardley I,Dean J,Barnes T,Kirby M,Glasser D,Solanki J

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the cost, quality of life (QoL) and cost-effectiveness of a single-incision mini-sling (SIMS; Ajust(®) , C. R. Bard Inc., New Providence, NJ, USA) compared with a standard mid-urethral sling (SMUS; TVT-O™, Ethicon Inc., Somerville, NJ, USA) in the surgical management of female stress urinary incont...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Boyers D,Kilonzo M,Mostafa A,Abdel-Fattah M

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Elderly patients have more years to compound comorbidities and it has previously been shown that comorbidity is an important predictor of overall survival in patients with bladder cancer, including those treated with radical cystectomy (RC). Other stu...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Horovitz D,Turker P,Bostrom PJ,Mirtti T,Nurmi M,Kuk C,Kulkarni G,Fleshner NE,Finelli A,Jewett MA,Zlotta AR

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? For the past 30 years Serenoa repens has become a widely used phytotherapy in the USA and in Europe, mostly because of positive comparisons to α-blockers and 5α-reductase inhibitors. During the last 4 years we have seen two very high quality trials co...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： MacDonald R,Tacklind JW,Rutks I,Wilt TJ

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To verify the sensitivity of the bladder tumour antigen (BTAstat, Bard Urological, Covington, GA) test against the sensitive procedure of photodynamic diagnosis (PDD), in which 5-aminolaevulinic acid (5-ALA, a precursor of fluorescent porphyrins) is absorbed by the tumour and detected by ultraviolet cystoscop...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Lipinski M,Jeromin L

更新日期：2002-05-01 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 determine the comparative efficacy of tamsulosin and nifedipine in medical expulsive therapy (MET) for distal ureteric stones with renal colic. PATIENTS AND METHODS:• We evaluated the comparative efficacy of tamsulosin and nifedipine in MET in a prospective randomized trial of 3189 outpatients from 10 c...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Ye Z,Yang H,Li H,Zhang X,Deng Y,Zeng G,Chen L,Cheng Y,Yang J,Mi Q,Zhang Y,Chen Z,Guo H,He W,Chen Z

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the value of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) in the detection of significant prostate cancer (PCa) and to compare transperineal MRI/ultrasonography fusion biopsy (fusPbx) with conventional transrectal systematic biopsy (sysPbx) in biopsy-naïve patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Th...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Borkowetz A,Hadaschik B,Platzek I,Toma M,Torsev G,Renner T,Herout R,Baunacke M,Laniado M,Baretton G,Radtke JP,Kesch C,Hohenfellner M,Froehner M,Schlemmer HP,Wirth M,Zastrow S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure the time and subjective quality of individual steps of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP), as RARP performed by trainees has recently become the most common technique of RP in the USA, and although outcomes from expert surgeons are reported, limited data are available to document training ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Davis JW,Kamat A,Munsell M,Pettaway C,Pisters L,Matin S

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of zoledronic acid (ZA) in osteoporotic patients with prostate cancer receiving either luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonists (LHRHA, which accelerate bone loss) or bicalutamide (which preserves bone mineral density, BMD) as androgen-deprivation therapy is the mainstay of trea...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Wadhwa VK,Weston R,Parr NJ

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the effect of intravesical instillation of green tea extract (GTE) on a rat model of bacterial cystitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In vitro bactericidal properties of GTE were analysed by adding GTE to a suspension of uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC), streaking on MacConkey agar, and incubating overnight....

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Rosenberg S,Horowitz R,Coppenhagen-Glazer S,Pizov G,Elia A,Gofrit ON,Ginsburg I,Pode D

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of castration on the expression of endothelins (ETs), ET receptors and ET converting enzyme-1 (ECE-1) in the rat seminal vesicle (RSV). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Sprague-Dawley rats (3 months old) were surgically castrated or sham-operated, and then killed 7 days after surgery. Biochem...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Takahashi W,Yono M,Wada Y,Ikeda K,Weiss RM,Latifpour J

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) is associated with a lower transfusion rate than radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP). PATIENTS AND METHODS:In this cohort study, we evaluated 1244 consecutive patients who underwent RALP (830) or RRP (414) between June 2003 an...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Kordan Y,Barocas DA,Altamar HO,Clark PE,Chang SS,Davis R,Herrell SD,Baumgartner R,Mishra V,Chan RC,Smith JA Jr,Cookson MS

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the expression of the seven known P2X receptors in human bladder from male patients with detrusor instability caused by symptomatic bladder outlet obstruction with that from control bladders, using a quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method. PATIENTS AND METHODS...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： O'Reilly BA,Kosaka AH,Chang TK,Ford AP,Popert R,McMahon SB

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Study Type--Clinical (prospective trial) Level of Evidence 2b. What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? In clinical practice, we know that it is necessary to identify new biomarkers that can better detect prostate cancer (PC), at the same time as reducing the number of unnecessary biopsies. ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Sciarra A,Panebianco V,Cattarino S,Busetto GM,De Berardinis E,Ciccariello M,Gentile V,Salciccia S

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To optimise the diagnostic and phototherapeutic efficacy of hypericin in superficial bladder cancer, by developing a bladder instillation fluid that does not depend on the presence of plasma proteins for an appropriate and reliable urothelial uptake of hypericin. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Sodium hypericinate (in...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Huygens A,Kamuhabwa AR,van Cleynenbreugel B,van Poppel H,Roskams T,de Witte PA

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the population-based conditional 5-year relative survival rates for patients with prostate cancer (PCa). PATIENTS AND METHODS:All 98 672 patients, aged 45-89 years, diagnosed in the Netherlands with PCa (clinical T stage 1-4) in the period 1989-2008 were selected from the Netherlands Cancer Regis...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Husson O,van Steenbergen LN,Koldewijn EL,Poortmans PM,Coebergh JW,Janssen-Heijnen ML

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:• To evaluate the safety and efficacy of once-daily trospium chloride extended release (ER) in overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) in subjects aged ≥ 75 years. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:• The analysis included subjects ≥ 75 years of age with OAB. • A subgroup analysis of pooled data was performed for subjects aged ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Sand PK,Johnson Ii TM,Rovner ES,Ellsworth PI,Oefelein MG,Staskin DR

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate if absorption of irrigation fluid occurs during bipolar plasma vaporisation (BPV) of the prostate. To examine the clinical predictors of increased risk of fluid absorption and to assess if changes in serum electrolytes, venous pH, haemoglobin or haematocrit are able to detect intra-operative f...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Hermanns T,Fankhauser CD,Hefermehl LJ,Kranzbühler B,Wong LM,Capol JC,Zimmermann M,Sulser T,Müller A

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00