Literature review of the burden of prostate cancer in Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Canada.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the last few years the number of flexible ureterorenoscopies, used for renal stone treatment, has risen steadily. This was associated with an increase in costs for maintenance and repair of the fragile ureterorenoscopes used. To overcome this problem single-use devices have been introduced to the market...

journal_title：BMC urology

authors： Pallauf M,Sevcenco S,Steiner C,Drerup M,Mitterberger M,Colleselli D,Lusuardi L,Kunit T

更新日期：2020-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with neurogenic bladder (NB), elevated intravesical pressures can be transmitted to the upper urinary tract, causing hydronephrosis (HN) and ureteral dilation (UD), which are referred to as upper urinary tract dilation (UUTD). Ureteral obstruction at the bladder wall is another cause for UUTD, bu...

journal_title：BMC urology

authors： Liao L,Zhang F,Chen G

更新日期：2014-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Buried penis, most commonly seen in children, is particularly debilitating in adults, resulting in inability to void while standing and it also affects vaginal penetration. We report a case of buried penis due to a traffic accident, which caused dislocation of the fractured pubic bone that shifted inside and...

journal_title：BMC urology

authors： Masuda H,Azuma H,Segawa N,Iwamoto Y,Inamoto T,Takasaki N,Katsuoka Y

更新日期：2004-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insulin-like Growth Factor-I (IGF-I) supplementation restores testicular atrophy associated with advanced liver cirrhosis that is a condition of IGF-I deficiency. The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of IGF-I in rats with ischemia-induced testicular atrophy (AT) without liver disease and consequen...

journal_title：BMC urology

authors： Diez-Caballero F,Castilla-Cortázar I,Garcia-Fernandez M,Puche JE,Diaz-Sanchez M,Casares AD,Aliaga-Montilla MA,Rodriguez-Borrajo C,Gonzalez-Barón S

更新日期：2006-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Carcinoma of urinary bladder is one of the leading causes of death in India. Successful treatment of bladder cancer depends on the early detection & specific diagnostic approaches. In the present study, microsatellite instability (MSI) has been evaluated as a prognostic marker in patients with superficial ur...

journal_title：BMC urology

authors： Vaish M,Mandhani A,Mittal RD,Mittal B

更新日期：2005-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clear cell sarcoma of the kidney (CCSK) in adults is extremely rare. Optimal treatment of adult patients with CCSK remains unclear. CASE PRESENTATION:A 22-year-old man presented with a 2-month history of left flank pain. A color duplex sonography revealed a hypervascular, heterogeneous renal mass. Abdominal...

journal_title：BMC urology

authors： Kural AR,Onal B,Ozkara H,Cakarir C,Ayan I,Agaoglu FY

更新日期：2006-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The tumor draining lymph node concept was first described in penile cancer for staging. Immunohistochemistry and histopathology evaluations are routinely used in clinical practice to examine lymph nodes for metastasis. However, these methods are time-consuming with low diagnostic accuracy and micro-metastase...

journal_title：BMC urology

authors： Zhang L,Hu J,Ali Zirakzadeh A,Rosvall J,Hedlund M,Hu PS,P A Wallin R,Sherif A,Winqvist O

更新日期：2018-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reduced clinical exposure to urology at the undergraduate or internship level is the main explanation for the marked decrease in applicants to urology residencies. This manuscript was to access the application rate for urology specialty compared with that of other specialties and to investigate the relations...

journal_title：BMC urology

authors： Sun HY,Ko YM,Lee SW,Lee B,Kim JH

更新日期：2018-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Given that a deubiquitinating enzyme, ubiquitin-specific protease 2a (USP2a), regulates ubiquitination, trafficking, and degradation of EGFR, which plays a critical role in bladder cancer, in this study, we aimed to quantify the USP2a gene expression, and to determine the possibility that USP2a can be used f...

journal_title：BMC urology

authors： Jeong P,Ha YS,Yun SJ,Yoon HY,Freeman MR,Kim J,Kim WJ

更新日期：2015-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma is a very rare bladder tumor with very few cases that have been reported in the English literature. CASE PRESENTATION:We report an unusual case of follicular dendritic cell sarcoma that is coexistent with urothelial carcinoma (UC) in the urinary bladder of a 73-year-old man...

journal_title：BMC urology

authors： Sun J,Wang C,Wang D,Wu J,Wang L,Zhao L,Teng L

更新日期：2019-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Partial segmental thrombosis of the corpus cavernosum (PSTCC) is a rare disease predominantly occurring in young men. Cardinal symptoms are pain and perineal swelling. Although several risk factors are described in the literature, the exact etiology of penile thrombosis remains unclear in most cases. MRI or ...

journal_title：BMC urology

authors： Sauer S,Goltz JP,Gassenmaier T,Kunz AS,Bley TA,Klein D,Petritsch B

更新日期：2014-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the role of free-hand transperineal targeted prostate biopsy using multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging-transrectal ultrasound (mpMRI-TRUS) fusion in Chinese men with repeated biopsy. METHODS:A total of 101 consecutive patients suspicious of prostate cancer (PCa) at the mpMRI scan and with...

journal_title：BMC urology

authors： Lian H,Zhuang J,Wang W,Zhang B,Shi J,Li D,Fu Y,Jiang X,Zhou W,Guo H

更新日期：2017-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Upper urinary tract stones is the most common diseases in urology. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) and ureteroscopic lithotripsy (fURL) are common treatment, but both their efficacy and safety are controversial. Thus we aim to evaluate the efficacy and safety of PCNL and fURL in the treatment of upper ur...

journal_title：BMC urology

authors： Chen Y,Wen Y,Yu Q,Duan X,Wu W,Zeng G

更新日期：2020-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is an increased incidence of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in patients with metabolic syndrome who usually have high levels of serum triglyceride (TG) and low high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C). Plasma atherogenic index (PAI) is the logarithmic ratio of serum TG level to HDL-C and related to car...

journal_title：BMC urology

authors： Karabay E,Karsiyakali N,Duvar S,Tosun C,Aslan AR,Yucebas OE

更新日期：2019-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Optimal treatment of high-risk prostate cancer remains controversial. We aimed to compare treatment outcomes of prostate cancer patients treated with definitive external-beam radiotherapy (ExRT) or radical prostatectomy (RP). METHODS:The records of 120 high-risk clinical stage T2b-T4 N0 M0 prostate cancer p...

journal_title：BMC urology

authors： Andic F,Izol V,Gokcay S,Arslantas HS,Bayazit Y,Coskun H,Tansug MZ,Sertdemir Y

更新日期：2019-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To explore the feasibility and long-term outcomes of renal preservation in a retrospective cohort of patients with ureteral urothelial carcinoma undergoing total ureterectomy with ileal-ureteral substitution. METHODS:A retrospective review of the data from patients treated with total ureterectomy with ileal...

journal_title：BMC urology

authors： Ou YC,Hu CY,Cheng HL,Yang WH

更新日期：2018-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inhibition of angiogenesis in prostatic cancer could be a brand-new method to suppress tumour progression. Nodal/ALK4 has been associated with vascularization in many cancers. However, the relationship between and role of Nodal/ALK4 and miR-185 in human prostatic cancer is still unknown. METHODS:Prostatic c...

journal_title：BMC urology

authors： Li Y,Zhong W,Zhu M,Li M,Yang Z

更新日期：2020-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To assess factors that can predict active surveillance (AS) failure on serial transrectal ultrasound guided biopsies in patients with low-risk prostate cancer. METHODS:We evaluated the records of 144 consecutive patients enrolled in AS between 2007 and 2014 at a single academic institution. Low risk inclusi...

journal_title：BMC urology

authors： Wang JH,Sierra P,Richards KA,Abel EJ,Allen GO,Downs TM,Jarrard DF

更新日期：2019-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although there is growing evidence of relationship between obesity and some specific stone compositions, results were inconsistent. Due to a greater relationship between metabolic syndrome and some specific stone type, obesity measured by body mass index (BMI) has limitation in determining relationship betwe...

journal_title：BMC urology

authors： Kim JH,Doo SW,Cho KS,Yang WJ,Song YS,Hwang J,Hong SS,Kwon SS

更新日期：2015-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A supernumerary kidney (SK) is an additional kidney with its own capsule and blood supply that is not fused with the ipsilateral kidney (IK). Because individual case reports indicate a high morbidity rate, the aim of this retrospective study was a detailed analysis of this rare anatomical variant. METHODS:O...

journal_title：BMC urology

authors： Rehder P,Rehwald R,Böhm JM,Grams AE,Loizides A,Pedrini M,Stühmeier J,Glodny B

更新日期：2019-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polyorchidism is a congenital anomaly of the urogenital system and means more than two testes. It is a rare phenomenon, where there are no more than 200 reported cases in the literature. In this case, we report a 13-month year's old case with five testicles. CASE PRESENTATION:We report a rare five testicles...

journal_title：BMC urology

authors： Zahirian Moghadam T,Mohseni Rad H,Zandian H,Hosseinkhani A

更新日期：2020-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The current research aims to evaluate the risk factors of urethrocutaneous fistula after hypospadias surgery among the youth in China. METHODS:One hundred twenty hypospadias patients were enrolled in our study. All of them were defined as Tanner 4 or 5. The information collected from the participants includ...

journal_title：BMC urology

authors： Sheng X,Xu D,Wu Y,Yu Y,Chen J,Qi J

更新日期：2018-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To examine the expression of type 1 plasminogen inhibitor (PAI-1) in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (CCRCC), and its possible association with microvessel density (MVD), the expression of thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1), nuclear grade, tumour stage, continuously coded tumour size (CCTS) and to assess the value of ...

journal_title：BMC urology

authors： Zubac DP,Wentzel-Larsen T,Seidal T,Bostad L

更新日期：2010-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Survival rate for patients presenting muscle invasive bladder cancer is very low, and useful therapeutic target has not been identified yet. In the present study, new COX2 downstream signals involved in urothelial carcinoma cell survival were investigated in vitro and in vivo. METHODS:COX2 gene was silenced...

journal_title：BMC urology

authors： Shimada K,Anai S,Marco DA,Fujimoto K,Konishi N

更新日期：2011-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bladder hyperthermic intracavitary chemotherapy (HIVEC) has good effectiveness for bladder cancer, but conventional HIVEC systems lack precision and convenient application. To test the safety of a new HIVEC device (BR-TRG-II-type) in pigs and to perform a preliminary clinical trial in patients with bladder c...

journal_title：BMC urology

authors： Ba M,Cui S,Long H,Gong Y,Wu Y,Lin K,Tu Y,Zhang B,Wu W

更新日期：2019-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This very large population-based study investigated outcomes after a diagnosis of prostate cancer (PCa) in terms of mortality rates, treatments and adverse effects. METHODS:Among the 11 million men aged 40 years and over covered by the general national health insurance scheme, those with newly managed PCa i...

journal_title：BMC urology

authors： Tuppin P,Samson S,Fagot-Campagna A,Lukacs B,Alla F,CNAMTS scientific board members.,Paccaud F,Thalabard JC,Vicaut E,Vidaud M,Millat B

更新日期：2014-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This multicenter, randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, placebo-controlled trial primarily evaluated the efficacy of tadalafil once-daily (OaD) or on-demand ("pro-re-nata"; PRN) treatment, started early post-nsRP. Secondary outcome-measures on quality-of-life (QoL) and treatment satisfaction are reported. ...

journal_title：BMC urology

authors： Patel HR,Ilo D,Shah N,Cuzin B,Chadwick D,Andrianne R,Henneges C,Barry J,Hell-Momeni K,Branicka J,Büttner H

更新日期：2015-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The indications for nephron-sparing surgery are expanding constantly. One major contributing fact for this development is the improvement of haemostatic techniques following excision of the tumor. Nevertheless, postoperative bleeding complications still occur. To prevent this, we prospectively studied the ef...

journal_title：BMC urology

authors： Simon J,de Petriconi R,Meilinger M,Hautmann RE,Bartsch G Jr

更新日期：2008-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Renal artery aneurysm is a rare disorder with a high mortality rate in the event of rupture, the most frequent complication, which can also occur in lesions smaller than those indicated for treatment by current criteria. Surgery is still the first-line treatment, although a growing trend toward endovascular ...

journal_title：BMC urology

authors： Rossi M,Varano GM,Orgera G,Rebonato A,Laurino F,De Nunzio C

更新日期：2014-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:European treatment guidelines recommend the use of hormonal therapy for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer, including castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), but there is little understanding of how common practices in prostate cancer treatment compare across Europe. The aim of this analysis was ...

journal_title：BMC urology

authors： Sternberg CN,Baskin-Bey ES,Watson M,Worsfold A,Rider A,Tombal B

更新日期：2013-11-09 00:00:00