Randomized phase III KEYNOTE-045 trial of pembrolizumab versus paclitaxel, docetaxel, or vinflunine in recurrent advanced urothelial cancer: results of >2 years of follow-up. [PDF]
BackgroundNovel second-line treatments are needed for patients with advanced urothelial cancer (UC). Interim analysis of the phase III KEYNOTE-045 study showed a superior overall survival (OS) benefit of pembrolizumab, a programmed death 1 inhibitor ...
Bajorin, DF +19 more
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Complete response to FOLFOX4 therapy in a patient with advanced urothelial cancer: a case report
No standard has been established for salvage therapy in gemcitabine refractory advanced urothelial cancer. We report the complete response to FOLFOX4 therapy of a metastatic urothelial cancer patient, for whom adjuvant gemcitabine plus cisplatin ...
Koh Eun +6 more
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Polyploid superficial cells that maintain the urothelial barrier are produced via incomplete cytokinesis and endoreplication [PDF]
Summary: The urothelium is an epithelia barrier lined by a luminal layer of binucleated, octoploid, superficial cells. Superficial cells are critical for production and transport of uroplakins, a family of proteins that assemble into a waterproof ...
Batourina, Ekatherina +13 more
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Despite being among the ten most common cancers with high recurrence rates worldwide, there have been no major breakthroughs in the standard treatment options for bladder cancer in recent years.
Aleksandar Janev +10 more
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Introduction: There are many established environmental toxins that correlate with urothelial cancer. Genetic variations in phosphoinositide-3 kinase (PI3K)-AKT-mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway have also been reported to have association with ...
Hao Lun Luo +3 more
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Clinical proteomics for precision medicine: the bladder cancer case [PDF]
Precision medicine can improve patient management by guiding therapeutic decision based on molecular characteristics. The concept has been extensively addressed through the application of –omics based approaches.
Frantzi, Maria +4 more
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Cutaneous invasion from sarcomatoid urothelial carcinoma: clinical and dermatopathologic features [PDF]
In Brazil, without considering the non-melanoma skin tumors, bladder cancer in men is the eighth most common, and the urothelial carcinoma or transitional cell carcinoma is the most common among these.
Fred Bernardes Filho +6 more
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Malignant priapism due to penile metastases. Case series and literature review [PDF]
Malignant priapism secondary to penile metastases is a rare condition. This term was originally used by Peacock in 1938 to describe a condition of painful induration and erection of the penis due to metastatic infiltration by a neoplasm.
DE DOMINICIS, Carlo +7 more
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Comparison of 10-year overall survival between patients with G1 and G2 grade Ta bladder tumors [PDF]
To compare long-term overall survival (OS) in patients with G1 and G2 grade Ta bladder cancer after transurethral resection of bladder tumors (TURBTs).
Balan, Daniel +16 more
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Concomitant Carcinoma in situ in Cystectomy Specimens Is Not Associated with Clinical Outcomes after Surgery [PDF]
Objective: The aim of this study was to externally validate the prognostic value of concomitant urothelial carcinoma in situ (CIS) in radical cystectomy (RC) specimens using a large international cohort of bladder cancer patients. Methods: The records of
Colin P. Dinney +26 more
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