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There are no definitive prognostic factors for patients with pathological Grade Group 5 (pGG 5) prostate cancer (PCa) undergoing robot-associated radical prostatectomy (RARP). This study aimed to explore the p...
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Incidence and risk factors of inguinal hernia after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: a retrospective multicenter cohort study in Japan (the MSUG94 group)
To investigate the incidence and risk factors of inguinal hernia (IH) after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) using a multicentric database. The present study used a multicentric database (the MSUG94...
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Comparison of perioperative outcomes and complications between intracorporeal, extracorporeal, and hybrid ileal conduit urinary diversion during robot-assisted radical cystectomy: a comparative propensity score-matched analysis from nationwide multi-institutional study in Japan
To investigate the impact of different urinary diversion (UD) techniques on the peri- and postoperative complications of robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) with ileal conduit.
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Locally advanced prostate cancer (PCa) with pathological seminal vesicle invasion (pT3b) is a very-high-risk disease associated with biochemical recurrence (BCR), local recurrence, distant metastases, or mort...
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Open AccessAssociation of hospital volume with perioperative and oncological outcomes of robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: a retrospective multicenter cohort study
This retrospective multicenter cohort study investigated the association of hospital volume with perioperative and oncological outcomes in patients treated with robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP).
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Robotic-Assisted Renal Autotransplantation: Preliminary Studies and Future Directions
The indications for renal autotransplantation (RATx) include renal vascular trauma, thrombosis, stenosis, aneurysm, complex ureteral injuries, renal cell carcinoma, urolithiasis, retroperitoneal fibrosis, and ...
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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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Impact of a robotic surgical system on treatment choice for men with clinically organ-confined prostate cancer
Introducing a new surgical technology may affect behaviors and attitudes of patients and surgeons about clinical practice. Robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) was approved in 2012 in Japan...
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Route of administration influences the antitumor effects of bone marrow-derived dendritic cells engineered to produce interleukin-12 in a metastatic mouse prostate cancer model
Gene-modified dendritic cells (DC) provide unique therapeutic strategies for prostate cancer; however, the comparative evaluation of specific delivery options using appropriate preclinical models has not been ...
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Therapeutic Potential of Adenovirus Mediated Interleukin-12 Gene Therapy for Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer is characterized by extreme heterogeneity and multifocality of the primary tumour. The available clinical, pathological and molecular data suggest a lack of substantial clonal expansion at the ...
