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Open AccessMultimedia-based hormone therapy information program for patients with prostate cancer: the result of a randomized pilot study
Few studies have explored the feasibility and efficacy of a multimedia information intervention for patients with prostate cancer who are undergoing hormone therapy. Thus, the purpose of the study was to asses...
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Open AccessDevelopment and assessment of a self-management intervention for urinary incontinence among patients with prostate cancer: protocol for a randomized feasibility study
Urinary incontinence is a common complication among patients with prostate cancer who have undergone radical prostatectomy. Guided by social cognitive theory and a framework for the recovery of health and well...
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Emotional state and cancer-related self-efficacy as affecting resilience and quality of life in kidney cancer patients: a cross-sectional study
To assess the relationship between resilience and quality of life (QOL) of kidney cancer patients, including influencing factors.
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Clinical presentations and molecular studies of invasive renal epithelioid angiomyolipoma
Epithelioid angiomyolipoma (EAML) is a rare variant of renal angiomyolipoma with malignant potential, and the cytogenetic and clinical behavior of EAML remains a challenging issue.
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Open AccessMutation signatures implicate aristolochic acid in bladder cancer development
Aristolochic acid (AA) is a natural compound found in many plants of the Aristolochia genus, and these plants are widely used in traditional medicines for numerous conditions and for weight loss. Previous work ha...
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Factors associated with the survival of patients with primary small cell carcinoma of the kidney
Primary small cell carcinoma (SCC) of the kidney is rare, and the factors associated with the survival of these patients are yet to be elucidated.
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Response to Sorafenib in a Patient with Metastatic Xp11 Translocation Renal Cell Carcinoma
Sorafenib, a multikinase inhibitor of tumour-cell proliferation and angiogenesis, has been shown to have a role in the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Xp11 translocation carcinoma is a rare...
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Open AccessMixed germ cell tumor metastatic to the skin: Case report and literature review
Testicular cancer is the most common cancer for males aged 15~35 years old. The initial presentation is typically an asymptomatic enlarged testicle. The retroperitoneum is the most common metastatic area. Othe...
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Embolization of Renal Angiomyolipomas: Short-Term and Long-Term Outcomes, Complications, and Tumor Shrinkage
This study retrospectively evaluated outcomes, complications, and tumor shrinkage in renal angiomyolipomas after transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE). All renal angiomyolipoma patients who underwent TAE b...
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Open AccessPolycythemia vera as a presentation of renal angiomyolipoma: a case report
Angiomyolipoma is a common benign renal tumor composed of thick-walled blood vessels, smooth muscle, and adipose tissue. It may be found incidentally during workup for suspected renal disease. Although angiomy...
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Open AccessDifferential baseline and response profile to IFN-γ gene transduction of IL-6/IL-6 receptor-α secretion discriminate primary tumors versus bone marrow metastases of nasopharyngeal carcinomas in culture
Understanding of immunobiology of bone marrow metastases (designated BM-NPC) versus primary tumors (P-NPC) of the nasopharynx is far from complete. The aim of this study was to determine if there would be differe...
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Total HLA class I loss in a sarcomatoid renal carcinoma cell line caused by the coexistence of distinct mutations in the two encoding β2-microglobulin genes
In renal cell carcinoma (RCC), HLA class I downregulation has been found in about 40% of the lesions examined. Since only scanty information is available about the molecular basis of these defects, we have inv...
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Adrenal Cystic Lesions: A Clinicopathological Analysis of 25 Cases with Proposed Histogenesis and Review of the Literature
Adrenal cystic lesions are uncommon and we analyzed clinical and pathologic features of 25 such cases from a single institute over 23 years. There were 16 pseudocysts, eight endothelial cysts, and one epitheli...
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Bladder leiomyoma with right hydronephrosis
The authors describe one female patient with leiomyoma of the bladder who presented with female pseudoprostate and right hydronephrosis. A computed tomography (CT) of the pelvis revealed a soft tissue mass, ci...
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Predictions of outcomes of renal stones after extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy from stone characteristics determined by unenhanced helical computed tomography: a multivariate analysis
The aim of our study is to analyze the relationships between the characteristics of renal stones determined by unenhanced helical computed tomography (UHCT) and their outcomes after extracorporeal shock wave l...
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Contemporary management of penile cancer including surgery and adjuvant radiotherapy: an experience in Taiwan
This retrospective study reports on the treatment outcomes of 45 men with penile cancer and seeks to address the issue concerning the treatment of inguinal lymph nodes (LN). Of these 45 patients, five had verr...
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Analysis of A Murine Anti-Ganglioside Gd2 Monoclonal Antibody Expressing Both IgG2a and IgG3 Isotypes: Monoclonality, Apoptosis Triggering, and Activation of Cellular Cytotoxicity on Human Melanoma Cells
In this study we have documented a hybridoma secreting an unusual MAb, which expresses both IgG3 and IgG2a subclasses with a A -light chain. How this dual expression of isotypes was exactly brought about is no...
