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Peripheral neuropathy and nerve electrophysiological changes with enfortumab vedotin in patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma: a prospective multicenter cohort study
Enfortumab vedotin is a novel antibody–drug conjugate used as a third-line therapy for the treatment of urothelial cancer. We aimed to elucidate the effect of enfortumab vedotin-related peripheral neuropathy o...
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Ureteroscopic Treatment of Chronic Unilateral Hematuria
Upper urinary tract bleeding can originate from many sources including nephrolithiasis and neoplasms, but it is rarely secondary to benign intrarenal vascular lesions, which are often discrete. Flexible ureter...
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Open AccessPhotodynamic diagnostic ureteroscopy using the VISERA ELITE video system for diagnosis of upper-urinary tract urothelial carcinoma: a prospective cohort pilot study
The advantages of photodynamic diagnostic technology using 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA-PDD) have been established. The aim of this prospective cohort study was to evaluate the usefulness of ALA-PDD to diagnose ...
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Comparison of longitudinal health-related quality-of-life outcomes between anterior and posterior surgical approaches to robot-assisted radical prostatectomy
Increasingly, studies have explored health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) outcomes after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). Nevertheless, no study has compared differences between anterior and poste...
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Clinical impact of abdominal fat distribution measured by 3-D computed tomography volumetry on post-transplant renal function in recipients after living kidney transplantation: a retrospective study
Excessive visceral fat may decrease renal function because of metabolic derangements. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of abdominal fat distribution on renal function of recipients after kidney...
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Prospective randomized controlled trial of postoperative early intravesical chemotherapy with pirarubicin (THP) for solitary non-muscle invasive bladder cancer comparing single and two-time instillation
Single immediate intravesical instillation of chemotherapy after transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) has been the gold standard treatment for patients with low- and intermediate-risk non-muscle in...
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Prognostic impact of bleomycin pulmonary toxicity on the outcomes of patients with germ cell tumors
Bleomycin pulmonary toxicity (BPT) has been well described in patients with germ cell tumors treated with bleomycin etoposide and cisplatin chemotherapy (BEP). To assess the prognostic impact of BPT, we retros...
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The assessment of renal cortex and parenchymal volume using automated CT volumetry for predicting renal function after donor nephrectomy
Contrast-enhanced CT is necessary before donor nephrectomy and is usually combined with a Tc-99m-mercapto-acetyltriglycine (MAG3) scan to check split renal function (SRF). However, all transplant programs do n...
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Analysis of Progranulin-Mediated Akt and MAPK Activation
Progranulin has emerged in recent years as an important regulator of various biological functions including cell proliferation, wound healing, motility, and protection from apoptosis. Progranulin is also criti...
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Open AccessGLIPR1-ΔTM synergizes with docetaxel in cell death and suppresses resistance to docetaxel in prostate cancer cells
Docetaxel is the first chemotherapy agent approved for treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). The limited survival benefit associated with the quick emergence of resistance and s...
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Open AccessRisk factors for biochemical recurrence after robotic assisted radical prostatectomy: a single surgeon experience
Radical prostatectomy is a standard surgical treatment of clinically localized prostate cancer. Margin status has been found to be an independent predictor of biochemical recurrence (BCR) after open radical pr...
