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Open AccessProcess implications on the stability and reliability of 300 mm FAB MoS2 field-effect transistors
Recent advances in fabricating field-effect transistors with MoS2 and other related two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors have inspired the industry to begin with the integration of these emerging technologies into...
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Open AccessThe HELENA study: Hexvix®-TURB vs. white-light TURB followed by intravesical adjuvant chemotherapy—a prospective randomized controlled open-label multicenter non-inferiority study
Photodynamic diagnosis and white-light TURB with adjuvant intravesical chemotherapy (ICT) is widely used in treatment of bladder cancer. This non-inferiority trial is designed to demonstrate non-inferiority re...
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Correction to: The natural course of pT2 prostate cancer with positive surgical margin: predicting biochemical recurrence
In multivariate analysis, GS of the regular prostatectomy specimen was the only statistically significant parameter for pT2R1 prostate cancer.
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Risks and benefits of pelvic lymphadenectomy in octogenarians undergoing radical cystectomy due to urothelial carcinoma of the bladder
According to current guidelines, radical cystectomy (RC) should be combined with an extended pelvic lymphadenectomy (PLND) as therapeutic and staging instrument. Objective of this study was to analyze the infl...
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Is there evidence for a close connection between side of intravesical tumor location and ipsilateral lymphatic spread in lymph node-positive bladder cancer patients at radical cystectomy? Results of the PROMETRICS 2011 database
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Impact of preoperative hemoglobin and CRP levels on cancer-specific survival in patients undergoing radical cystectomy for transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder: results of a single-center study
Different blood parameters have shown to be associated with patient’s oncological outcome. There is only limited knowledge about the prognostic relevance of routine blood parameters in patients undergoing rad...
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The natural course of pT2 prostate cancer with positive surgical margin: predicting biochemical recurrence
To predict biochemical recurrence respecting the natural course of pT2 prostate cancer with positive surgical margin (R1) and no adjuvant/neoadjuvant therapy.
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Feasibility of radical cystectomy in exclusive spinal and/or epidural anaesthesia
Muscle invasive bladder cancer can be found predominantly in elderly people with a high likelihood of suffering from concomitant diseases; especially in these patients, the risks associated with general anaest...
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Malnutrition and clinical outcome in urological patients
In a previous study we evaluated the risk for malnutrition among urological patients in a German university hospital. There are published different studies in other surgical fields that could show a correlatio...
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Sorafenib after combination therapy with gemcitabine plus doxorubicine in patients with sarcomatoid renal cell Carcinoma: a prospective evaluation
Sarcomatoid renal cell cancer (RCC) is a distinct histological variant of RCC that is associated with rapid progression and a poor prognosis. The optimal treatment for patients with sarcomatoid RCC remains to ...
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Optical coherence tomography for bladder cancer - ready as a surrogate for optical biopsy? - Results of a prospective mono-centre study
New modalities like Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) allow non-invasive examination of the internal structure of biological tissue in vivo. The potential benefits and limitations of this new technology for t...
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Perioperative search for circulating tumor cells in patients undergoing radical cystectomy for bladder cancer
Despite having an organ confined tumor stage at the time of radical cystectomy, a certain number of bladder cancer patients will develop local or distant metastases over time. Currently there are no reliable s...
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Perioperative blood loss in open retropubic radical prostatectomy - is it safe to get operated at an educational hospital?
Blood loss during radical prostatectomy has been a long term issue. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of the training level of the first assistant regarding blood loss in open retropubic r...
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Very low frequency EEG oscillations and the resting brain in young adults: a preliminary study of localisation, stability and association with symptoms of inattention
Background. Spontaneous very low frequency oscillations (VLFO: <0.2 Hz) in functional magnetic-resonance imaging are proposed to identify a default-mode network of resting brain activity. Activit...
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Lymphoscintigraphy in penile cancer: limited value of sentinel node biopsy in patients with clinically suspicious lymph nodes
The staging lymph node dissection in patients with penile carcinoma is accompanied with a high morbidity. As many patients are free of nodal metastases the lymphoscintigraphic sentinel node biopsy is supposed ...
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The strength of the tailored polymer/inclusion interface in polymer composites evaluated in situ by acoustic emission
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Electronic structure of single-wall carbon nanotubes studied by resonant inelastic X-ray scattering
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