Current status of ablative therapies for renal tumors
The increase in detection of small (≤ 4 cm) renal cortical neoplasms has made nephron-sparing surgery the new standard of care for T1a renal lesions. Advances in minimally invasive surgery have improved the surgical approach to these lesions to include ...
Adam C Mues, Jaime Landman
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Cystomanometry – One of the Assessment Methods of the Urodynamic Indexes in Patients with Infiltrative Cervical Cancer [PDF]
Aim: To evaluate contractile function of urinary bladder in patients with infiltrative cervical cancer after nerve-sparing radical hysterectomy (NSRH).Patients and Methods: Ninety patients with infiltrative cervical cancer were treated with nerve-sparing
Dermenzhy, T. (Tetyana)+4 more
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The fate of small renal masses, less then 1 cm size: outcome study
PURPOSE: We evaluated the outcome and etiologies of small renal masses (less than 1 cm in size) discovered incidentally on 2 consecutive CTs that investigated non-urologic abdominal complaints.
Erich K. Lang+6 more
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BackgroundProgrammed death 1/ligand 1 (PD-1/L1) inhibitors have acceptable antitumor activity in patients with platinum-resistant urothelial cancer (UC).
Zaishang Li+20 more
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A New Method of Building Patients’ Health-Awareness in Uro-Oncology
BackgroundDespite vast scientific evidence supporting health-awareness in the prevention and treatment outcome of cancer, studies comparing the effectiveness of different educational methods in in raising patients’ health-awareness are lacking ...
Pawel Nalej+4 more
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Preoperative sterile pyuria as a prognostic biomarker for intravesical recurrence in upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma [PDF]
Purpose: To evaluate if preoperative sterile pyuria can be a prognostic factor for intravesical recurrence (IVR) and overall survival (OS)in patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) undergoing surgery.
Byeong Jo Jeon+6 more
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Simultaneous nephrectomy and coronary artery bypass grafting through extended sternotomy [PDF]
BACKGROUND: The advances in surgical techniques, resuscitation and anesthesiology support over the last years have allowed simultaneous thoracic and abdominal operations to be made for cancer and concomitant severe heart vessel disease relieving the ...
Algimantas Budrikis+3 more
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The research and progress of organoid in urinary tumors [PDF]
As an emerging 3D in vitro model system, organoids have the advantages of maintaining the original tissue genotype and biological characteristics, and can to some extent simulate the structural relationship between cells and matrix in in-situ tissues, as
Jun-Wen XIAO+4 more
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Implication of VHL, ERK5, and HIF-1alpha in clear cell renal cell carcinoma: Molecular basis [PDF]
Objectives: To determine the expression status of several proteins related to VHL gene function and its relationship with common clinicopathological parameters.
Cimas, Francisco J.+6 more
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A Comprehensive Review of the Current State of Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Salvage Prostatectomy [PDF]
Background and Objective Salvage robot assisted radical prostatectomy (sRARP) is performed for patients with biochemical or biopsy proven, localized prostate cancer recurrences after radiation or ablative therapies. Traditionally, sRARP has been avoided
Parth U. Thakker+3 more
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