Current role of image-guided robotic radiosurgery (Cyberknife(®) ) for prostate cancer treatment.

abstract：UNLABELLED:What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Sunitinib and sorafenib are orally administered multikinase inhibitors approved for the treatment of advanced RCC. The limited pharmacokinetics data on sunitinib and sorafenib suggest that haemodialysis does not significantly alter plasma concentratio...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Masini C,Sabbatini R,Porta C,Procopio G,Di Lorenzo G,Onofri A,Buti S,Iacovelli R,Invernizzi R,Moscetti L,Aste MG,Pagano M,Grosso F,Lucia Manenti A,Ortega C,Cosmai L,Del Giovane C,Conte PF

更新日期：2012-09-01 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 provide comparative data on quality of life (QoL) after prostate cancer treatment to help patients make an informed decision regarding their choice of treatment. METHODS:Patients with pathologically proven, non-metastatic, T1-T3bN0 prostate cancer were included in this prospective non-randomized study if ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Blanchard P,Davis JW,Frank SJ,Kim J,Pettaway CA,Pugh TJ,Pisters LL,Ward JF,Choi S,Chapin BF,Hoffman K,Navai N,Achim M,McGuire SE,Matin SF,Nguyen Q,Mahmood U,Graber WJ,Chen HC,Wang X,Kuban DA

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe a technique for transurethral tumour inoculation, bioluminescence imaging (BLI) and validation of this approach using ex vivo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), as a reproducible and quantifiable model of orthotopic bladder cancer is required to enable preclinical pharmacological studies of intrav...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Hadaschik BA,Black PC,Sea JC,Metwalli AR,Fazli L,Dinney CP,Gleave ME,So AI

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) serum levels as an independent marker for disease-free survival (DFS) in clinically localised clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). PATIENTS AND METHODS:In all, 403 consecutive patients with clinically localised (T1-3N0M0) ccRCC treated by radical o...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： de Martino M,Klatte T,Seemann C,Waldert M,Haitel A,Schatzl G,Remzi M,Weibl P

更新日期：2013-06-01 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 describe and assess the evolution of an enhanced recovery programme (ERP) for open radical cystectomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We introduced a mentored ERP for radical cystectomy in January 2011. The programme underwent service evaluation and multiple changes in August 2012 that we define as marginal gains. ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Smith J,Meng ZW,Lockyer R,Dudderidge T,McGrath J,Hayes M,Birch B

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To address challenges in the diagnosis and classification of storage lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), we sought to define the fundamental features of overactive bladder (OAB) and interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS), two conditions with considerable symptomatic overlap. Through retrospect...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Ackerman AL,Lai HH,Parameshwar PS,Eilber KS,Anger JT

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report our experience with the Safyre (Promedon, Cordoba, Argentina), a new re-adjustable and minimally invasive sling for treating stress urinary incontinence (SUI), which combines the efficacy of slings with re-adjustability. PATIENTS AND METHODS:In all, 126 consecutive patients with a clinical and urod...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Palma PC,Dambros M,Riccetto CZ,Thiel M,Netto NR Jr

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of histotripsy treatment parameters (pulse number and pulse-repetition frequency [PRF]) on the efficiency of histotripsy induced homogenisation of the prostatic urethra. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In all, 34 transabdominal prostate histotripsy treatments were applied along a perpendicular pla...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Schade GR,Styn NR,Ives KA,Hall TL,Roberts WW

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the neurophysiological and vascular factors in diabetic impotence, particularly the role of autonomic neuropathy on venous leakage and erectile impotence. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Thirty-four diabetic men with impotence were investigated using various neurophysiological and radiological methods. The...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Colakoglu Z,Kutluay E,Ertekin C,Altay B,Killi R,Alkis A

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the influence of a high-oxalate/low-calcium diet on calcium oxalate stone risk factors in both black South Africans (who are largely immune to kidney stones) and white South Africans (in whom stones are more common). SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Urinary and dietary variables were examined in 11 black and...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Lewandowski S,Rodgers A,Schloss I

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Study Type - Therapy (economic analysis). LEVEL OF EVIDENCE:1b. OBJECTIVE:To assess and compare the costs and effects value of either starting with sacral neuromodulation (SNM) or botulinum toxin A (BTX) treatment in patients with refractory idiopathic overactive bladder from a societal perspective. MATER...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Leong RK,de Wachter SG,Joore MA,van Kerrebroeck PE

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the chemopreventive effects of a selective cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 inhibitor, meloxicam, and a selective epidermal growth factor (EGF)-receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, gefitinib (as a single agent) on a carcinogen-induced rodent bladder carcinogenesis model. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The study compr...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Hattori K,Iida K,Joraku A,Tsukamoto S,Akaza H,Oyasu R

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop a core outcome set (COS) applicable for effectiveness trials of all interventions for localised prostate cancer. Many treatments exist for localised prostate cancer, although it is unclear which offers the optimal therapeutic ratio; which is confounded by inconsistencies in the selection, definitio...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： MacLennan S,Williamson PR,Bekema H,Campbell M,Ramsay C,N'Dow J,MacLennan S,Vale L,Dahm P,Mottet N,Lam T,COMPACTERS Study Group.

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present the long-term outcome of patients with locally advanced or metastatic prostate carcinoma treated by first-line antiandrogen monotherapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:From 1983 to 1990, 41 patients with advanced prostate carcinoma were treated with flutamide monotherapy until progression or the appearance ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Serretta V,Daricello G,Dispensa N,Allegro R,Pavone C,Pavone-Macaluso M

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare in vivo the potency and bladder-vascular selectivity of ATP-sensitive potassium channel openers (KCOs) (-)-cromakalim, WAY-133537 and ZD6169 and a muscarinic antagonist, tolterodine in rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Bladder and arterial pressures were monitored simultaneously, before and after increa...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Fabiyi AC,Gopalakrishnan M,Lynch JJ 3rd,Brioni JD,Coghlan MJ,Brune ME

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Study Type - Therapy (cohort) Level of Evidence 2b What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Selective destruction of targeted prostate tissue is now technically feasible. Much has been theorized but little is known about the proper patient selection or treatment outcomes to determine if this...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Ward JF,Jones JS

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the level of symptoms of lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD) in orphans in institutions, and compare these data with schoolchildren of the same age group who were not institutionalised, as LUTD in children is related to factors such as social isolation and low self-esteem, with other psycholog...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Barroso U Jr,Dultra A,De Bessa J Jr,Barros DG,Maron F,Barroso DV,Moreira ED Jr

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the effectiveness of Uromune® in preventing recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) in women. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A total of 77 women with microbiology-proven recurrent UTIs were given Uromune sublingual vaccine for a period of 3 months. Time to first UTI recurrence since treatment and adver...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Yang B,Foley S

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate changes in protein leakage in the glomerular filtration barrier, and in the ability of the tubule to reabsorb proteins during and after acute urinary retention (AUR). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Glomerular and tubular function was investigated in 24 men during AUR (mean age 68 years, mean retention time...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Mustonen S,Ala-Houhala IO,Tammela TL

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the efficacy, evaluate the safety and assess side-effects (swelling, haematoma and pain) of percutaneous vas occlusion compared with vasectomy in Dutch men. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Vas occlusion and vasectomy procedures (attempted in 58 and 50 men, respectively) were conducted at the University Ho...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Zambon JV,Barone MA,Pollack AE,Mehta M

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the predictive value of serial bone scans as a surveillance tool for bone metastasis in men with clinically localized prostate cancer and managed with watchful observation. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A prospective single-arm study was conducted to assess the feasibility of a watchful observation protocol...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Yap BK,Choo R,Deboer G,Klotz L,Danjoux C,Morton G

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop a generator for high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU, a method of delivering ultrasonic energy with resultant heat and tissue destruction to a tight focus at a selected depth within the body), designed for extracorporeal coupling to allow various parenchymal organs to be treated. MATERIAL AND M...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Köhrmann KU,Michel MS,Steidler A,Marlinghaus E,Kraut O,Alken P

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the role of clean intermittent catheterization (CIC) as a possible predisposing risk factor for bladder calculi, assessing risk factors in patients with and without bladder augmentation, and to evaluate management options for bladder calculi in these patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The records of 4...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Barroso U,Jednak R,Fleming P,Barthold JS,González R

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess atypical cytology as a positive bladder tumour marker and to determine if indexing atypical cytology to nuclear matrix protein-22 (NMP22) can decrease the false-positive results or increase the positive predictive value (PPV). PATIENTS AND METHODS:In all, 197 patients at risk of bladder cancer wer...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Raina R,Pahlajani G,Ponsky LE,Agarwal A,Zippe CD

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:WHAT'S KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT? AND WHAT DOES THE STUDY ADD?: Systems for image guidance during laparoscopic surgery can be broadly defined as systems that enable the surgeon to refer to preoperatively gathered information during the procedure. For a laparoscopic system the preoperative information can be overl...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Thompson S,Penney G,Billia M,Challacombe B,Hawkes D,Dasgupta P

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report a case series of Fournier's gangrene (FG) from our institution, and to investigate its mortality over the past 25 years. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Case notes of men presenting to our institution from 2013 to 2016 with FG were reviewed. As well as age, diabetic history, length of stay, length of stay in...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Radcliffe RS,Khan MA

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of antimuscarinic treatment with tolterodine combined with behavioural modification as a first-line treatment, before invasive investigation, in children with non-neurogenic voiding dysfunction but no obvious anatomical or neurogenic cause. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The study comprised 44 chi...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Ayan S,Kaya K,Topsakal K,Kilicarslan H,Gokce G,Gultekin Y

更新日期：2005-08-01 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