Impact of ureteroscopy before radical nephroureterectomy for upper tract urothelial carcinomas on oncological outcomes: a meta-analysis.

abstract：:To assess the evidence for the concept that the androgen receptor of prostate cancer (PCa) cells becomes saturated when testosterone values exceed castrate levels, so that testosterone administration in hypogonadal men with untreated PCa does not stimulate tumour growth. To propose basic criteria for administration of...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Morales A

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the recovery of testosterone levels and erectile function in men who received radiotherapy plus long-term adjuvant androgen deprivation (LTAD) with luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonists. PATIENTS AND METHODS:From April 2000 to July 2001, men who had completed prostate radiotherapy wi...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Wilke DR,Parker C,Andonowski A,Tsuji D,Catton C,Gospodarowicz M,Warde P

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the long-term results of salvage cystectomy after interstitial radiotherapy (IRT) and external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) for transitional cell carcinoma, and to assess the morbidity and functional results of the different urinary diversions used. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The records of 27 patients tre...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Nieuwenhuijzen JA,Horenblas S,Meinhardt W,van Tinteren H,Moonen LM

更新日期：2004-10-01 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 estimate the prevalence of nocturia in the Dutch adult population, its association with sociodemographic and health characteristics, and to assess problems experienced by persons with nocturia. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:In spring 2001 a telephone survey was conducted among a representative sample of 4721 Dutch...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： van Dijk L,Kooij DG,Schellevis FG

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that three-dimensional hypofractionated radiotherapy (3D-HFRT) is well tolerated and not worse than 3-D conventional RT (3D-CRT) for oncological outcome. PATIENTS AND METHODS:In all, 162 men with hystologically confirmed prostate adenocarcinoma were included in the analysis. In all, 82...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Di Staso M,Bonfili P,Gravina GL,Di Genesio Pagliuca M,Franzese P,Buonopane S,Osti MF,Valeriani M,Festuccia C,Enrici RM,Tombolini V

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the prevalence of comorbidity among patients with prostate cancer in relation to tumour and patient characteristics and to assess if comorbidity was a determining factor in the treatment choice for patients with localized prostate cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Serious comorbidity was recorded in t...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Post PN,Kil PJ,Hendrikx AJ,Janssen-Heijnen ML,Crommelin MA,Coebergh JW

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the extent to which different types of bladder dysfunction can affect long-term renal function in boys with posterior urethral valves (PUV). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Renal and bladder function were retrospectively assessed in 59 boys with PUV (mean age 10 years, range 5-17). All patients included ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Lopez Pereira P,Martinez Urrutia MJ,Espinosa L,Lobato R,Navarro M,Jaureguizar E

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of combined finasteride and flutamide therapy on haemoglobin and haematocrit values in men with advanced prostate cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Nineteen men, previously untreated by hormone therapy, with histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate and clinical evidence of a...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Ornstein DK,Beiser JA,Andriole GL

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Study Type - Diagnostic (exploratory cohort) Level of Evidence 2b What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? The present study was to perform contrast-tuned imaging (CnTI) technology to detect prostate cancer and compare the use of CnTI technology for the detection of prostate cancer with conv...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Xie SW,Li HL,Du J,Xia JG,Guo YF,Xin M,Li FH

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine, in a population-based cohort, if disease-specific survival (DSS) was equivalent in patients undergoing ablation vs nephron-sparing surgery (NSS) for clinical stage T1a renal cell carcinoma (RCC). PATIENTS AND METHODS:A retrospective cohort study was performed using patients from the Surveillanc...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Whitson JM,Harris CR,Meng MV

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To clarify the impact of endoscopic incision (EI) for ureterocele as an initial procedure, by performing a retrospective chart review, focusing on the prevalence of and risk factors for symptomatic urinary tract infection (UTI) after EI. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In the present study we included children with ur...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Moriya K,Nakamura M,Nishimura Y,Kanno Y,Kitta T,Kon M,Shinohara N

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：UNLABELLED:WHAT'S KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT? AND WHAT DOES THE STUDY ADD?: It has been suggested that a very short positive margin does not confer additional risk of BCR after radical prostatectomy. This study shows that even very short PSM is associated with increased risk of BCR. OBJECTIVE:To re-evaluate, in a larger coh...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Shikanov S,Marchetti P,Desai V,Razmaria A,Antic T,Al-Ahmadie H,Zagaja G,Eggener S,Brendler C,Shalhav A

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE • To evaluate a novel technique to lower positive surgical margin rates while preserving as much of the neurovascular bundles as possible during nerve-sparing robotic prostatectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS • In situ intraoperative frozen section (IFS) was performed during robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostate...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Lavery HJ,Xiao GQ,Nabizada-Pace F,Mikulasovich M,Unger P,Samadi DB

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To systematically review the literature regarding clinical outcomes of 180-W XPS GreenLight laser (GL) vaporisation for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) related to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). METHODS:Recent publications were identified in the field of 180-W GL vaporisation for the...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Brunken C,Seitz C,Woo HH

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the association between serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level and age, liver function tests (LFTs) including alkaline phosphatase (ALP), total bilirubin (TB), lipid profile (total cholesterol, TC, triglycerides, TG, high-density lipoprotein, HDL) and fasting blood sugar (FBS), and to determine...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Han JH,Chang IH,Ahn SH,Kwon OJ,Bang SH,Choi NY,Park SW,Myung SC,Kim HW

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To use the Fragility Index to evaluate the robustness of statistically significant findings from urological randomised controlled trials (RCTs). MATERIALS AND METHODS:The 'Fragility Index' is defined as the minimum number of patients in one arm of a trial whose status would have to change from 'event' to 'n...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Narayan VM,Gandhi S,Chrouser K,Evaniew N,Dahm P

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the potentiation of erectile responses induced by electrical stimulation (ES) of the dorsal penile nerve (DPN) in the urethane-anaesthetized rat by the selective melanocortin receptor 4 agonist MB243. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Intracavernosal and blood pressures (ICP and BP, respectively) were monitore...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Allard J,Reynolds DS,Edmunds NJ

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of chronic and debilitating symptoms of the overactive bladder, defined here as the presence of chronic frequency, urgency and urge incontinence (either alone or in any combination), and presumed to be caused by involuntary detrusor contractions. Subjects and methods Data were coll...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Milsom I,Abrams P,Cardozo L,Roberts RG,Thüroff J,Wein AJ

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We evaluated survival outcomes of partial nephrectomy (PN) and radical nephrectomy (RN) for clinical T2 renal masses (cT2RM) controlling for R.E.N.A.L. nephrometry score. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A two-centre study comprised of 202 patients with cT2RM who underwent RN (122) or PN (80) between July 2002 and June ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Kopp RP,Mehrazin R,Palazzi KL,Liss MA,Jabaji R,Mirheydar HS,Lee HJ,Patel N,Elkhoury F,Patterson AL,Derweesh IH

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD), an enzyme involved in the metabolism of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), expression in prostate cancer and determine whether 5-chloro-2,4-dihydroxypyridine (CDHP), a potent inhibitor of DPD, enhances the antitumoral activity of 5-FU against prostate cancer. PATIENTS, M...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Li Y,Mizutani Y,Shiraishi T,Nakamura T,Mikami K,Takaha N,Okihara K,Kawauchi A,Sakai T,Miki T

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? In the 1980s and 1990s, a method for direct measurement of pressure and cross-sectional area in women and men was developed. It was successful in terms of obtaining meaningful results in several studies. But the technique, which was based on the field...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Aagaard M,Klarskov N,Sønksen J,Bagi P,Colstrup H,Lose G

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review our experience with intact extraction and morecellation of nephrectomy specimen, and the advantages and disadvantages of morcellation indicated by current reports. PATIENTS AND METHODS:In a previous study, 56 consecutive patients undergoing radical and simple transperitoneal laparoscopic nephrecto...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Varkarakis I,Rha K,Hernandez F,Kavoussi LR,Jarrett TW

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES™) are new approaches to minimally invasive surgery. A number of technical challenges need to be overcome and new developments of equipment are required before widespread acceptance of either modality occurs. In this ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Sawyer MD,Ponsky LE

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the frequency and spectrum of lipophilic Malassezia yeasts within the area of the glans penis and preputial space in healthy men, most of whom were uncircumcised. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:As the glans penis and the prepuce are abundant in sebaceous glands, 130 clinically healthy men were examined ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Mayser P,Schütz M,Schuppe HC,Jung A,Schill WB

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To re-evaluate the role of diabetes mellitus (DM) as a risk factor for penile implant infection by exploring the association between glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels and penile implant infection rates and to define a threshold value that predicts implant infection. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We conducted a mul...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Habous M,Tal R,Tealab A,Soliman T,Nassar M,Mekawi Z,Mahmoud S,Abdelwahab O,Elkhouly M,Kamr H,Remeah A,Binsaleh S,Ralph D,Mulhall J

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the safety and efficacy of the tension-free vaginal tape procedure in the treatment of primary genuine stress incontinence. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A two-centre follow-up study was conducted on 40 women with urodynamically confirmed primary genuine stress incontinence who had a tension-free vaginal ta...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Moran PA,Ward KL,Johnson D,Smirni WE,Hilton P,Bibby J

更新日期：2000-07-01 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 the efficacy and safety of single-agent AMG 102, an investigational, fully human monoclonal antibody to hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF), in renal cell carcinoma (RCC). PATIENTS AND METHODS:• This open-label phase II study included patients ≥ 18 years old with histologically con...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Schöffski P,Garcia JA,Stadler WM,Gil T,Jonasch E,Tagawa ST,Smitt M,Yang X,Oliner KS,Anderson A,Zhu M,Kabbinavar F

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00