Trimodal therapy for invasive bladder cancer: is it really equal to radical cystectomy?

abstract：:This paper reviews the major publications over the past year regarding upper urinary tract reconstruction. Controversies in the diagnosis of ureteropelvic junction obstruction and in the surgical repair of the obstructed upper urinary tract are discussed. Special emphasis is placed on issues surrounding minimally inva...

journal_title：Current opinion in urology

authors： Jayanthi VR

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To evaluate recent developments in predicting the failure of shockwave lithotripsy when treating patients with urinary tract stones. RECENT FINDINGS:Although the features of patients with stones, as well as of the stones themselves, associated with refractoriness to shockwave lithotripsy are fairly w...

journal_title：Current opinion in urology

authors： Kim FJ,Rice KR

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Tissue engineering is a rapidly advancing technology that is shifting from the laboratory to urological practice. The review explores recent developments and considers the relationship to existing treatments. RECENT FINDINGS:Different strategies to generate transplantable tissue grafts in vitro and h...

journal_title：Current opinion in urology

authors： Wood D,Southgate J

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Cytoreductive nephrectomy has an established role in management of metastatic renal cell carcinoma when performed in properly selected patients prior to administration of systemic cytokine therapy. Within the past several years, novel molecular targeted agents have not only revolutionized management o...

journal_title：Current opinion in urology

authors： Margulis V,Matin SF,Wood CG

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To review the progress of the genitourinary SPORE (Specialized Program of Research Excellence) in bladder cancer. RECENT FINDINGS:The optimal management of bladder cancer depends on the accurate assessment of the biological potential of the disease. Methotrexate, vincristine, adriamycin and cisplatin...

journal_title：Current opinion in urology

authors： Highshaw RA,McConkey DJ,Dinney CP

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proliferation of prostatic tissue as a result of ageing typically leads to prostatic enlargement, which often causes obstruction of urine outflow from the bladder, clinically lower urinary tract symptoms, detrusor instability, incomplete bladder emptying, urinary infection, and finally acute urinary retention. The...

journal_title：Current opinion in urology

authors： Seitz C,Djavan B,Marberger M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Overall survival remains the benchmark in phase III settings of novel agents in castration-resistant metastatic prostate cancer. This review highlights many of the current potential early measures of response and clinical benefit that are worthy of future study and validation in this disease. RECENT ...

journal_title：Current opinion in urology

authors： Ramiah V,George DJ,Armstrong AJ

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 5% of all hypertensive patients have renovascular hypertension, although its true incidence is unknown. The pathophysiology of renovascular hypertension has been linked to other intrarenal systems, the lipoxygenase pathway, and renin angiotensin. Many advances have been made in this field, but emphasis i...

journal_title：Current opinion in urology

authors： Bouyounes BT,Libertino JA

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Overactive bladder affects 10-12% of men, of which 13% are refractory to medical therapy and seek second-line treatment. This places a substantial clinical and economic burden on the National Health Service United Kingdom. RECENT FINDINGS:This review identifies current evidence for the use of onabotu...

journal_title：Current opinion in urology

authors： Rashid TG,Ockrim JL

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Underactive bladder (UAB) is a clinical symptom complex only recently gaining recognition as a clinical diagnosis. Lack of consensus agreement on a definition of UAB has limited its recognition and diagnosis in clinical practice. The purposes of this review are to: present existing definitions of UAB,...

journal_title：Current opinion in urology

authors： Cohn JA,Brown ET,Kaufman MR,Dmochowski RR,Reynolds WS

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Radical cystectomy with pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) is the preferred treatment for invasive bladder cancer. It not only results in the best disease-free term survival rates, but also provides the most accurate disease staging and most effective local symptom control. Recent investigations have...

journal_title：Current opinion in urology

authors： Dorin RP,Skinner EC

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Patients who undergo urinary tract diversion are at an increased risk of urolithiasis for various reasons. The purpose of this article is to provide an up-to-date summary of the progress that has been made in the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of stones in patients with urinary diversions. Fina...

journal_title：Current opinion in urology

authors： Beiko DT,Razvi H

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent years have seen notable advances in virtual reality technology and increased interest in potential medical applications. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging data sets, historically viewed as axial images, may now be used to construct a virtual reality endoscopic image, and navigator software syst...

journal_title：Current opinion in urology

authors： Allan JD,Tolley DA

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although there has been a recent surge of interest in chronic prostatitis, which hopefully will translate into advances in our understanding of the distribution and determinants of this condition, at present there is a scarcity of published epidemiologic research on chronic prostatitis. However, from the currently ava...

journal_title：Current opinion in urology

authors： McNaughton Collins M,Barry MJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To summarize pathologic features of low-volume, low-risk prostate cancer relevant to the development of patient selection criteria and treatment strategies for focal therapy of prostate cancer, as an alternative to whole-gland radical treatments. RECENT FINDINGS:Prostate cancer characteristically pre...

journal_title：Current opinion in urology

authors： Mouraviev V,Madden JF

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Prostate cancer is the most common solid organ cancer type among American men. Screening and imaging aim to detect early-stage disease that is biologically aggressive. The focus of this study is to review multiparametric MRI in the detection and risk stratification of prostate cancer. RECENT FINDINGS...

journal_title：Current opinion in urology

authors： Turkbey B,Choyke PL

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection was first described in 1992, and has become more commonly practiced at certain centers. Laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection may be less morbid than open retroperitoneal lymph node dissection, but more costly. Controversy exists, however...

journal_title：Current opinion in urology

authors： Finelli A

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sacral neuromodulation as a treatment for urge incontinence in patients with an unstable bladder is the subject of ongoing clinical studies. Although approximately 75% of the patients treated with a permanent sacral foramen electrode implant have experienced significant improvements, it is now also clear that there is...

journal_title：Current opinion in urology

authors： Bosch JL

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The treatment options in urolithiasis in kidneys with abnormalities of form and location can be challenging due to abnormal anatomy (calyceal and renal orientation), relative immobility interfering with movement of equipment, and abnormal relation with other visceral organs. RECENT FINDINGS:In this r...

journal_title：Current opinion in urology

authors： Ganpule AP,Desai MR

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Training in female urology in Europe so far has been a national focus of individual European countries. Because of reasons like differentiation in pathology, activities of other specialisms like gynaecology and reimbursement issues, the way in which extra training in female urology is organized varies...

journal_title：Current opinion in urology

authors： Heesakkers JP,Costantini E,Oelke M

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Molecular imaging with PET/CT targeting the prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) receptor is increasingly utilized in men with prostate cancer (PCa), with clinical indications now expanding beyond biochemical recurrence. PSMA PET/CT often detects sub-centimetre size pathologic nodes and low-volum...

journal_title：Current opinion in urology

authors： Ravi Kumar AS,Lawrentschuk N,Hofman MS

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:We summarize the evidence on accurate target definition, precise imaging, and guiding systems that are a necessary ground to targeted focal therapy. RECENT FINDINGS:Accurate target detection is based on the ability of imaging to locate and characterize precisely the tumor burden and differentiation i...

journal_title：Current opinion in urology

authors： Aoun F,Albisinni S,van Velthoven R

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The purpose of this review is to identify possible reasons why prostate cancer suboptimally responds to immune therapies. RECENT FINDINGS:Interrogation of the intraprostatic milieu suggests that within the normal prostate, foci of tumor can be surrounded by inflammatory cells that may or may not repr...

journal_title：Current opinion in urology

authors： Slovin SF

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To describe and critically discuss the most recent evidence regarding stone management during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and post-COVID-19 era. RECENT FINDINGS:There is a need to plan for resuming the normal elective stone surgery in the post-COVID era, keeping a clear record of all surg...

journal_title：Current opinion in urology

authors： Proietti S,Basulto-Martinez M,Pavia MP,Luciani L,Gaboardi F,Giusti G

更新日期：2021-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Immunotherapies for urological malignancies have made tremendous progress by targeting immune checkpoints and have been implemented in clinical practice nowadays. Though siginifcant number of patients does not respond to immunotherapy. Biomarkers could help to predict response to treatment, but are st...

journal_title：Current opinion in urology

authors： Gust KM,Resch I,D'Andrea D

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since Sternberg et al. in 1985 first published preliminary results of polychemotherapy in patients with metastatic bladder cancer, it became apparent that transitional carcinoma of the bladder is highly responsive to chemotherapy. Response rates up to 70% with combination therapy regimens like methotrexate, vinblastin...

journal_title：Current opinion in urology

authors： Schultz-Lampel D,Lampel A

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To determine whether alpha-blockers, commonly used for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia, are associated with prostate cancer risk. RECENT FINDINGS:Alpha-blockers have been associated with a reduced risk of prostate cancer aggressiveness in some observational studies and an increased risk...

journal_title：Current opinion in urology

authors： Loeb S,Gupta A,Losonczy L,Tosoian J,Walsh PC

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To discuss current trends in imaging for urolithiasis and review the recent scientific literature surrounding this topic. Specifically, to address the efforts urologist should be making to reduce the use of ionizing radiation and to examine alternatives to computerized tomography (CT) scan in diagnosi...

journal_title：Current opinion in urology

authors： Lipkin M,Ackerman A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:With the expanding use of new technology in the treatment of clinically localized prostate cancer (PCa), the financial burden on the healthcare system and the individual has been important. Robotics offer many potential advantages to the surgeon and the patient. We assessed the potential cost-effectiv...

journal_title：Current opinion in urology

authors： Liberman D,Trinh QD,Jeldres C,Zorn KC

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To understand the molecular mechanisms of bladder carcinogenesis in relation to environmental carcinogens in order to provide a given population with a preventive value of bladder cancer. RECENT FINDINGS:Cigarette smoking, aromatic amines contained in dyes, chronic inflammation due to infection such ...

journal_title：Current opinion in urology

authors： Hirao Y,Kim WJ,Fujimoto K

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00