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Benefits of early salvage therapy on oncological outcomes in high-risk prostate cancer with persistent PSA after radical prostatectomy
Patients with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) persistence are at the increased risk of disease progression. The aim of our study was to evaluate the impact of early salvage therapy on oncological outcomes in p...
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Concordance Between Biopsy and Radical Prostatectomy Gleason Scores: Evaluation of Determinants in a Large-Scale Study of Patients Undergoing RARP in Belgium
To determine whether Gleason scores were concordant between prostate biopsies (bGS) and the definitive resection specimen (pGS) excised with robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP); to identify clinical an...
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Surgical management of acquired rectourethral fistula: a retrospective analysis of 52 consecutive patients
Acquired rectourethral fistula (RUF) is an uncommon complication mostly resulting from surgery or radiation. Standardization of the surgical management is lacking. The aim of this study was to report our exper...
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Predictors of oncological outcomes in T1G3 patients treated with BCG who undergo radical cystectomy
To evaluate the oncological impact of postponing radical cystectomy (RC) to allow further conservative therapies prior to progression in a large multicentre retrospective cohort of T1-HG/G3 patients initially ...
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Recurrence, progression and cancer-specific mortality according to stage at re-TUR in T1G3 bladder cancer patients treated with BCG: not as bad as previously thought
The goals of transurethral resection of a bladder tumor (TUR) are to completely resect the lesions and to make a correct diagnosis to adequately stage and treat the patient. Persistent disease after TUR is not...
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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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Older patients with low Charlson score and high-risk prostate cancer benefit from radical prostatectomy
The aim of the study was to identify the appropriate level of Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) in older patients (>70 years) with high-risk prostate cancer (PCa) to achieve survival benefit following radical p...
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Open AccessRANK/OPG ratio of expression in primary clear-cell renal cell carcinoma is associated with bone metastasis and prognosis in patients treated with anti-VEGFR-TKIs
Bone metastases (BMs) are associated with poor outcome in metastatic clear-cell renal carcinoma (m-ccRCC) treated with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (anti-VEGFR-TKIs). We a...
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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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Die postoperative Prognose des chromophoben Nierenzellkarzinoms
Der chromophobe Subtyp (chNZK) stellt die dritthäufigste histologische Variante des Nierenzellkarzinoms (NZK) dar. Aufgrund der relativen Seltenheit dieses Subtyps liegt derzeit nur eine Arbeit vor, die eine g...
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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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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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Bilateral renal cell carcinoma development in long-term Fabry disease
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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 AccessPolyarteritis nodosa mimicking a testis tumour: a case report and review of the literature
A 28-year-old man presented with a seven-day history of testicular pain. Physical examination revealed a mass in the lower pole of the left testis. This mass was a tumour suspect on scrotal ultrasound and MRI....