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Phei-Lang Chang
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Analysis of urinary retention after endoscopic prostate enucleation and its subsequent impact on surgical outcomes
Postoperative urinary retention (PUR) is a common complication after prostate enucleation, which leads to an increased length of hospital stay and decreased postoperative satisfaction. This study determined th...
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Open AccessSurgical outcomes of endoscopic enucleation of the prostate in community aging males with or without preoperative urinary retention
This study aims to investigate the surgical outcomes of endoscopic enucleation of the prostate in older males with or without preoperative urinary retention (UR).
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Open AccessTransurethral resection of the prostate provides more favorable clinical outcomes compared with conservative medical treatment in patients with urinary retention caused by benign prostatic obstruction
To evaluate the long-term surgical outcomes of patients with urinary retention (UR) caused by a benign prostatic obstruction (BPO) who underwent transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), and compare thei...
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Open AccessGrowth differentiation factor-15: a p53- and demethylation-upregulating gene represses cell proliferation, invasion and tumorigenesis in bladder carcinoma cells
Growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF15), a member of the TGF-β superfamily, affects tumor biology of certain cancers, but remains poorly understood in bladder cancer cells. This study determined the expressio...
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Open AccessCisplatin modulates B-cell translocation gene 2 to attenuate cell proliferation of prostate carcinoma cells in both p53-dependent and p53-independent pathways
Cisplatin is a widely used anti-cancer drug. The B-cell translocation gene 2 (BTG2) is involved in the cell cycle transition regulation. We evaluated the cisplatin effects on prostate cancer cell proliferation...
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A comparison of androgen deprivation therapy versus surgical castration for patients with advanced prostatic carcinoma
To examine the outcomes of patients with advanced prostate carcinoma who underwent medical or surgical castration.
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Expression of interleukin-6 is downregulated by 17-(allylamino)-17-demethoxygeldanamycin in human prostatic carcinoma cells
Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a pleiotropic cytokine that is associated with tumor metastasis and prostate cancer. We evaluated the mechanism and effect of 17-(allylamino)-17-demethoxygeldanamycin (17AAG), a novel i...
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Association of nucleophosmin/B23 with bladder cancer recurrence based on immunohistochemical assessment in clinical samples
To investigate the possible correlation of nucleophosmin/B23 expression with bladder carcinoma recurrence.
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Open AccessV-MitoSNP: visualization of human mitochondrial SNPs
Mitochondrial single nucleotide polymorphisms (mtSNPs) constitute important data when trying to shed some light on human diseases and cancers. Unfortunately, providing relevant mtSNP genoty** information in ...
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Open AccessSNP-RFL**: restriction enzyme mining for SNPs in genomes
The restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) is a common laboratory method for the genoty** of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Here, we describe a web-based software, named SNP-RFL**, which ...
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A therapeutic trial of acupuncture in neurogenic bladder of spinal cord injured patients – a preliminary report
Eighty patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) and neurogenic bladder were studied. Among them, 28 (70%) cases in the control group and 32 (80%) cases in the electroacupuncture group achieved ultimately balance...
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Using ILIAD system shell to create an expert system for differential diagnosis of renal masses
Differential diagnosis of renal masses is an important and difficult process. A renal mass diagnostic system (RMDS) developed by using the ILIAD expert system shell has been created for diagnostic consultation...
