Comparison of contemporary methods for estimating prostate tumour volume in pathological specimens.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if a decrease in oestrogen (E) levels increases activity in bladder afferent nerves, by investigating the effects of E loss on afferent nerve activity in ovariectomized (OVX) rats, and making comparisons with findings in ageing female rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Female Sprague-Dawley rats were d...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Aizawa N,Iijima K,Rosenbaum JS,Downs TR,Igawa Y,Andersson KE,Wyndaele JJ

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the replicability and robustness of findings about urological symptoms in men and women, classified using an objective statistical method, cluster analysis, by planned sensitivity analyses conducted within and across two large, epidemiological studies of lower urinary tract symptoms. METHODS:Sensitiv...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Rosen RC,Coyne KS,Henry D,Link CL,Cinar A,Aiyer LP,Mollon P,Kaplan SA,Roehrborn CG,Thompson C

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review our experience of using the tubularized incised plate (TIP) urethroplasty (useful in the treatment of distal hypospadias) to treat proximal hypospadias. MATERIALS AND METHODS:From March 1997 to March 2000 primary repairs were carried out on 40 boys (mean age 4.5 years) with proximal hypospadias. Af...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Chen SC,Yang SS,Hsieh CH,Chen YT

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lower urinary tract symptoms suggestive of benign prostatic hyperplasia (LUTS/BPH) is a slowly progressing disease, with some patients progressing more rapidly than others. In 80% of patients who progress this is caused by the worsening of symptoms. The physician can predict the risk of progression from the patient's ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Trachtenberg J

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether baseline health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and psychosocial profiles differ in patients with prostate cancer scheduled for radical prostatectomy (RP) or external radiation therapy (ERT), as there is evidence that HRQOL is influenced by psychosocial factors (PFs), so that any variation a...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Van Andel G,Visser AP,Hulshof MC,Horenblas S,Kurth KH

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE To investigate the incidence of new-onset diabetes mellitus (NODM) and of worsening glycaemic control in established DM after starting androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer, as ADT is associated with altered body composition, potentially influencing insulin sensitivity. PATIENTS AND METHODS ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Derweesh IH,Diblasio CJ,Kincade MC,Malcolm JB,Lamar KD,Patterson AL,Kitabchi AE,Wake RW

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study whether androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), the mainstay treatment for advanced and disseminated prostate cancer, is associated with risk of dementia. METHODS:Risk of dementia in men with prostate cancer primarily managed with ADT or watchful waiting (WW) in the Prostate Cancer Database Sweden, PCB...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Robinson D,Garmo H,Van Hemelrijck M,Damber JE,Bratt O,Holmberg L,Wahlund LO,Stattin P,Adolfsson J

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To conduct a meta-analysis of the literature on the peri-operative outcomes of both robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) and laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN). MATERIALS AND METHODS:An electronic database search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, Google Scholar and the Cochrane Library was performed for publicati...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Zhang X,Shen Z,Zhong S,Zhu Z,Wang X,Xu T

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate long-term oncological outcomes after laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP). To identify parameters influencing recurrence-free survival in a single-institution series. PATIENTS AND METHODS:All patients underwent LRP using the transperitoneal retrograde Heilbronn technique. High-risk patien...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Hruza M,Bermejo JL,Flinspach B,Schulze M,Teber D,Rumpelt HJ,Rassweiler JJ

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Study Type--Therapy (outcomes) Level of Evidence 2a. What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a well known implication of radical prostatectomy (RP). Despite the search for technical improvement in the surgical procedure (e.g. nerve-sparing surgery, robot-assiste...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Polito M,d'Anzeo G,Conti A,Muzzonigro G

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore whether the number of unfavourable pretreatment risk factors predicts cause-specific mortality in men treated with prostate brachytherapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between April 1995 and March 2006, 739 patients were treated who had at least one of the following adverse risk factors: pretreatment pros...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Taira AV,Merrick GS,Galbreath RW,Butler WM,Lief JH,Wallner KE

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the validity of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) as a tumour marker in men with clinically localized prostate cancer who have selected watchful waiting, by determining if serial PSA level measurements are correlated with findings of malignancy or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) at serial endo...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Coakley FV,Chen I,Qayyum A,Westphalen AC,Carroll PR,Hricak H,Chen MH,Kurhanewicz J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To confirm abnormal glycosylation of Tamm-Horsfall protein (THP) in patients with interstitial cystitis (IC). PATIENTS, SUBJECTS AND METHODS:The sialic acid content of THP, a critical component of its biological activity, is reduced in patients with IC. N-glycan shows reduced levels of high molecular weight ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Argade SP,Vanichsarn C,Chenoweth M,Parsons CL

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present early outcome data from patients treated for invasive penile cancers with organ-sparing surgery, as the treatment of such malignancies has traditionally either been amputative surgery or radical radiotherapy, both associated with significant physical and psychosexual morbidity. PATIENTS AND METHOD...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Pietrzak P,Corbishley C,Watkin N

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report the outcomes of >1000 men with low-risk prostate cancer treated with low-dose-rate (LDR) brachytherapy at three large UK cancer centres. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A total of 1038 patients with low-risk prostate cancer (prostate-specific antigen [PSA] ≤10 ng/mL, Gleason score 6, ≤T2b disease) were treate...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Dickinson PD,Malik J,Mandall P,Swindell R,Bottomley D,Hoskin P,Logue JP,Wylie JP

更新日期：2014-05-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To characterize the clinicopathological findings and the outcome of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients diagnosed and treated for prostate carcinoma, as HIV-positive men being treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) are living longer and thus are more likely to develop cance...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Pantanowitz L,Bohac G,Cooley TP,Aboulafia D,Dezube BJ

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine glucose-regulated protein 78 (GRP78; a major molecular chaperone at the endoplasmic reticulum, strongly expressed in several tumours) expression in urothelial carcinoma (UC) of the upper urinary tract (UUT) and to evaluate the diagnostic and progressive importance of GRP78 expression in UC-UUT. PA...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Uematsu K,Ogata S,Nakanishi K,Hiroi S,Tominaga S,Aida S,Kawai T

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:What's known on the subject? and what does the study add?: Only little and partly contradictory data are currently published about the prognostic role of immunohistochemically detectable proliferation-associated biomarkers in surgically treated squamous cell carcinoma of the penis (SCCP), and no data are ava...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： May M,Burger M,Otto W,Hakenberg OW,Wieland WF,May D,Hofstädter F,Götz S,Niessl N,Fritsche HM,Birnkammer K,Gilfrich C,Peter J,Jain A,Koch S,Lebentrau S,Riedmiller H,Rössler W,Denzinger S,Brookman-May S,Gunia S

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine any bias by authors of different nationalities in their citation rate of selected urological journals in papers published in the British Journal of Urology and the Journal of Urology. METHODS:Using a simple computer program and text files of accepted reports in the BJU, or those available on CD-...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Grange RI

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the efficacy and safety of ciprofloxacin 500 mg orally twice daily with pivampicillin 700 mg orally twice daily for 10 days in men with acute epididymitis and over 40 years of age. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The study comprised 172 men who entered a prospective, controlled, randomized, double-blind, tri...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Eickhoff JH,Frimodt-Møller N,Walter S,Frimodt-Møller C

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review our experience at a children's hospital over a 10-year period with the Palomo, Ivanissevich, subinguinal and laparoscopic techniques for varicocele, assessing the success and complication rates according to specific procedure, and the added effect that the modifications of microsurgery and artery-s...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Diamond DA,Xuewu J,Cilento BG Jr,Bauer SB,Peters CA,Borer JG,Mandell J,Cendron M,Rosoklija I,Zurakowski D,Retik AB

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the effectiveness and safety of standard percutaneous nephrolithotomy (sPCNL) and super-mini PCNL (SMP). PATIENTS AND METHODS:A total of 150 patients presenting with renal calculi of <2 cm were randomised to either sPCNL (Group 1) or SMP (Group 2). Randomisation was based on centralised computer-g...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Guddeti RS,Hegde P,Chawla A,de la Rosette JJMCH,Laguna Pes MP,Kapadia A

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse the technical details and the long-term results of laparoscopic ureterolithotomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Laparoscopic ureterolithotomy was undertaken in 101 patients between 1991 and 2001; in only one patient with retroperitoneal fibrous adhesions was the procedure transperitoneal, being retroperito...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Gaur DD,Trivedi S,Prabhudesai MR,Madhusudhana HR,Gopichand M

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? To date, there has been limited impetus to examine the use of cytarabine in prostate cancer. We presented preliminary laboratory data to suggest its utility in the castration refractory prostate cancer (CRPC) population which, combined with a previous...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Dhani NC,Emmenegger U,Adams L,Jongstra J,Tannock IF,Sridhar SS,Knox JJ,Day JR,Groskopf J,Joshua AM

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure the prevalence of nocturia in general practice and to determine which factors are associated with nocturia. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Data were collected from 3048 elderly men, who completed a questionnaire that was sent to every man aged 55-75 years in 21 general practices in Maastricht (the Netherlan...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Gourova LW,van de Beek C,Spigt MG,Nieman FH,van Kerrebroeck PE

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? L-dopa decarboxylase (DDC) has been documented as a novel co-activator of androgen receptor transcriptional activity. Recently, it was shown that DDC gene expression is significantly higher in patients with PCa than in those with BPH. In the present s...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Koutalellis G,Stravodimos K,Avgeris M,Mavridis K,Scorilas A,Lazaris A,Constantinides C

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the oncological outcome and functional results of prostate-sparing cystectomy (PSC), proposed for treating bladder cancer, used since 1999 in our institution in an attempt to preserve male sexuality and to increase continence after cystectomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between January 1999 and Decembe...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Botto H,Sebe P,Molinie V,Herve JM,Yonneau L,Lebret T

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:• To assess the feasibility of radical prostatectomy (RP) in a series of patients with prostate cancer with very high prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels by comparing the clinical outcomes of different PSA thresholds (20.1-50 ng/mL, 50.1-100 ng/mL and >100 ng/mL, respectively). PATIENTS AND METHODS:• With...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Gontero P,Spahn M,Tombal B,Bader P,Hsu CY,Marchioro G,Frea B,Van Der Eeckt K,Kneitz B,Frohneberg D,Tizzani A,Van Poppel H,Joniau S

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the outcome of nephrectomy and predictors of hypertension (HTN) resolution in children with poorly functioning unilateral kidneys (differential renal function, DRF of < 15%), as concurrent HTN is often an indication for nephrectomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Over a 7.5-year period, a single centre ret...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： El-Hout Y,Licht C,Pippi Salle JL,Ngan BY,Bagli DJ,Lorenzo AJ,Farhat WA

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00