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Smart Catheters for Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Therapy

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents a comprehensive review of smart catheters, an emerging class of medical devices that integrate embedded sensors, robotics, and communication systems, offering increased functionality and complexity to enable real‐time health monitoring, diagnostics, and treatment. Abstract This review explores smart catheters as an emerging class of
Azra Yaprak Tarman, Samiha Ahmed, Majed Othman Althumayri, Megan Guy, Darlenne Chavez Lugo, Frances S. Ligler, George T. Ligler, Rahmi Oklu, Hiroshi Kawahira, Michael J. McShane, Jun Kameoka, Jonathan Bova, Hatice Ceylan Koydemir   +12 more
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Evolution of transanal total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer: From top to bottom [PDF]

, 2018
The gold standard for curative treatment of locally advanced rectal cancer involves radical resection with a total mesorectal excision (TME). TME is the most effective treatment strategy to reduce local recurrence and improve survival outcomes regardless
Alrawi, S, Chand, M, de Lacy, FB, Emile, SH, Keller, DS, Lacy, AM, Martin-Perez, B   +6 more
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Delivery of Multifunctional Microspheres via Intravesical Instillation for Bladder Carcinoma: Therapeutic Potential and Mechanistic Insights

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
PCTM microspheres were successfully synthesized using microfluidic and click chemistry techniques.In Vivo and in vitro experiments have shown that PCTM microspheres have obvious targeting, adhesion, membrane penetration and anti‐tumor properties for bladder tumors.The antitumor mechanism of PCTM microspheres is to indirectly induce S‐stage blockage of ...
Zhaoxiang Lu, Wentie Yang, Youzhi Hong, Yusen Qiao, Chaozhao Liang   +4 more
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A 49-year-old woman presenting with hepatoid adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2013
Introduction Adenocarcinomas represent less than 2 percent of all urothelial neoplasms. Hepatoid adenocarcinoma is rare in the urinary bladder. Pathological diagnosis is based on a combination of histological features resembling hepatocellular carcinoma ...
Sekino Yohei, Mochizuki Hideki, Kuniyasu Hiroki   +2 more
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What is the quality of smoking cessation advice in guidelines of tobacco-related diseases? [PDF]

, 2015
Smoking is a major risk factor for a range of diseases, and quitting smoking provides considerable benefits to health. It therefore follows that clinical guidelines on disease management, particularly for diseases caused by smoking, should include ...
Agrawal, Sanjay, Bogdanovica, Ilze, Britton, John, Gregory, Benjamin, Leonardi-Bee, Jo, Tobacco Advisory Group of the Royal College of Physicians   +5 more
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Rapid Decentralized Prostate Cancer Risk Stratification by Portable Liquid Biopsy Analysis within a Clinical Biosensor Validation Framework

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
In this work, we showcased two significant scientific advances in (i) developing a portable biosensor technology for rapid decentralized prostate cancer urinary biomarker testing and reporting, with superior performance to current clinical testing practice; and (ii) proposing a clinical validation framework (for our biosensor development) which can be ...
Kevin M. Koo, Grant Phillips, Sriganesh Srihari, Áine Farrell, Binny Jaradi, Kira J. Fitzpatrick, John W. Yaxley, Hemamali Samaratunga, Paul N. Mainwaring, Ke‐lin Ru, Darren J. Korbie, Scott A. Tomlins, Matthew J. Roberts, Robert A. Gardiner, Matt Trau   +14 more
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Second primary melanoma of the urethra in the same patient 17 years later: a case report

Medicina U.P.B.
Primary melanoma of the urethra is a rare entity among mucosal malignant melanomas. It has a poor prognosis due to the delay in its diagnosis. The only curative treatment is a surgical approach with safe margins.
Carlos Alberto Giraldo Arbeláez, Camilo Giraldo Villegas   +1 more
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Diffusion tensor-based fiber tracking of the male urethral sphincter complex in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy: a feasibility study

Insights into Imaging, 2020
Objectives To study the diffusion tensor-based fiber tracking feasibility to access the male urethral sphincter complex of patients with prostate cancer undergoing Retzius-sparing robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RS-RARP).
Ana S. C. Verde, Joao Santinha, Eunice Carrasquinha, Nuno Loucao, Ana Gaivao, Jorge Fonseca, Celso Matos, Nikolaos Papanikolaou   +7 more
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Ureteroscopic laser treatment of upper urinary tract neoplasms. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Endoscopic management of upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma has assumed an important role in diagnosis and treatment. The introduction of small diameter rigid and flexible ureteroscopes has permitted access to the upper tract ...
Bagley, Demetrius H., Grasso, Michael
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Magnesium Structure‐Function Integration Platform for Spatiotemporal Multi‐Modality Therapy: Combining Hormonotherapy and Immunotherapy in Prostate Cancer

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The schematic illustration of the MHSCG platform for spatiotemporal responsive GRb1 release to induce androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and immunogenic cell death (ICD) multimodal therapy in prostate cancer. Abstract Metal‐based immunotherapy represents a promising strategy for enhancing antitumor efficacy; however, its clinical application is limited
Rui Zan, Qianping Mao, Keyi Wang, Guodong Zou, Shi Yang, Hua Qiu, Xiang Fang, Guiqing Wang, Xinyi Zhou, Jiexia Wen, Shuai Jiang, Ran Huang, Qiuming Peng, Tao Suo   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source