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The survival impact of neoadjuvant hormonal therapy before radical prostatectomy for treatment of high-risk prostate cancer
Several randomized controlled trials assessed the outcomes of patients treated with neoadjuvant hormonal therapy (NHT) before radical prostatectomy (RP). The majority of them included mainly low and intermedia...
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Pelvic floor muscle training for erectile dysfunction and climacturia 1 year after nerve sparing radical prostatectomy: a randomized controlled trial
This study aimed to determine whether patients with persistent erectile dysfunction (ED), minimum 12 months after radical prostatectomy (RP), experienced a better recovery of erectile function (EF) with pelvic...
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Predicting prostate cancer-specific outcome after radical prostatectomy among men with very high-risk cT3b/4 PCa: a multi-institutional outcome study of 266 patients
The value of radical prostatectomy (RP) as an approach for very high-risk prostate cancer (PCa) patients is controversial. To examine the risk of 10-year cancer-specific mortality (CSM) and other-cause mortali...
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Does 11C-choline PET-CT contribute to multiparametric MRI for prostate cancer localisation?
The aim of this work was to determine whether 11C-choline positron emission tomography (PET)–computed tomography (CT) makes a positive contribution to multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for localisa...
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The use of mannitol in partial and live donor nephrectomy: an international survey
Animal studies have shown the potential benefits of mannitol as renoprotective during warm ischemia; it may have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties and is sometimes used during partial nephrectomy (P...
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Open AccessConcomitant oral tyrosine kinase inhibitors and bisphosphonates in advanced renal cell carcinoma with bone metastases
The presence of bone metastases in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma treated with oral tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) is associated with poorer outcome as compared with patients without bone inv...
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Diagnostic evaluation of PSA recurrence and review of hormonal management after radical prostatectomy
The aim of this review is to provide a discussion of the diagnostic evaluation of biochemical recurrence following radical prostatectomy (RP) and an overview of the postoperative hormonal treatment (HT) option...
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Renal Cell Carcinoma: Introduction
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Open AccessHigh-grade clear cell renal cell carcinoma has a higher angiogenic activity than low-grade renal cell carcinoma based on histomorphological quantification and qRT–PCR mRNA expression profile
Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (CC-RCC) is a highly vascularised tumour and is therefore an attractive disease to study angiogenesis and to test novel angiogenesis inhibitors in early clinical development. En...
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FDG-PET for preoperative staging of bladder cancer
The presence of lymph node involvement (N) and distant metastasis (M) in patients with invasive bladder carcinoma is a major determinant of survival and, therefore, a pivotal element in the therapeutic managem...
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Open AccessRandomized Phase II trial assessing estramustine and vinblastine combination chemotherapy vs estramustine alone in patients with progressive hormone-escaped metastatic prostate cancer
Based on the results of combined data from three North American Phase II studies, a randomised Phase II study in the same patient population was performed, using combination chemotherapy with estramustine phos...
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Is low-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia a risk factor for cancer?
Introduction: High-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (HGPIN) is generally accepted to be a precursor lesion of prostate cancer. The likely outcome of isolated low-grade PIN (LGPIN) lesions in prostate bio...
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Potency after unilateral nerve sparing surgery: a report on functional and oncological results of unilateral nerve sparing surgery
The objective of the study was to evaluate unilateral nerve sparing prostate surgery. Patient files of men who underwent unilateral nerve sparing radical prostatectomy were analyzed retrospectively after a min...
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Open AccessMasson’s tumour of the kidney
In 1923 Masson described a neo-plastic process consisting of papillary hyperplasia of the vascular endothelial cells, with a consequent obliteration of the vascular lumen, followed by degenerative changes. He ...
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Ureternekrose nach Ileozökalpouch
In vielen spezialisierten Zentren gilt die Konstruktion einer Neoblase vor allem bei männlichen Patienten, wenn einige Voraussetzungen, wie z.B. der Erhalt des Sphinkters, erfüllt werden, als Mittel der Wahl. ...
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Zurückgelassenes perirenales Tuch nach Nierenteilresektion
Renale Pseudotumoren, die durch perirenal belassene chirurgische Bauchtücher verursacht wurden, werden von Fiorelli et al. [2] sowie Bellin et al. [1] beschrieben. Seit der Einführung von Bauchtüchern mit radi...
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Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis: MRI findings in the diffuse and the focal type
Two cases of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP) are presented with emphasis on MR appearances. One case is the diffuse type of XGP secondary to chronic obstruction caused by transitional cell carcinoma ...
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Transitional cell carcinoma in a renal allograft
A large urothelial tumor was detected by ultrasonography in the dilated collecting system of a well-functioning renal allograft 15 years after transplantation. The tumor was confirmed at computed tomography. ...
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From time dependent intermittent selfcatheterisation to volume dependent selfcatheterisation in Multiple Sclerosis using the PCI 5000 Bladdermanager
The use of portable, patient controlled, ultrasound device for the measurement of the bladder volume (PCI 5000, Bladdermanager®) in the management of neurogenic bladder dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis is presen...
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Large egg-shell-like calcified cyst in a case of renal cell carcinoma
A serendipitous case is reported of a large egg-shell-like calsified renal mass woithout irregularities covering a solid nodule suggestive of a renal cell carcinoma on CT. This was confirmed after radical neph...
