Archive for November, 2009:

The Effect Of On-Line Position Correction On The Dose Distribution In Focal Radiotherapy For Bladder Cancer

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UroToday.com - Radiotherapy, given in 20-25 fractions over 4-5 weeks, is usually the second choice for the treatment of muscle-invasive bladder cancer, behind radical cystectomy. Only patients unfit or unwilling to undergo surgery are referred for radiotherapy. An advantage of ...Read More »

Tumor Perfusion Assessed By Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI (DCE MRI) Correlates To The Grading Of Renal Cell Carcinoma

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UroToday.com - The purpose of the clinical study was to evaluate whether quantitative parameters of tumor vascularisation assessed by DCE-MRI enable the determination of the morphologic grading of renal cell carcinomas non-invasively. Our prospective study included 21 patients suspected of ...Read More »

Urodynamic Effects Of Silodosin, A New Alpha(1A)-Adrenoceptor Selective Antagonist, For The Treatment Of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

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UroToday.com - Silodosin is a newly developed α1A-adrenoceptor(AR) selective antagonist. It has been reported that blockade of α1A-AR was effective in the relief of bladder outlet obstruction, while the blockade of the α1D-AR was believed to alleviate storage symptoms due ...Read More »

Can Residents Perform Transrectal Ultrasound-Guided Prostate Biopsy With Patient Comfort Comparable To Biopsy Performed By Attending Staff Urologists?

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UroToday.com - Urology residents are involved with performing transrectal-ultrasound (TRUS) guided prostate biopsies during their training. Satisfactory accomplishment of this skill is a competency necessary for urologic practice. Related posts:Validation In A Multiple Urology Practice Cohort Of The Prostate Cancer ...Read More »

Prostate Cancer Diagnosis And Treatment After The Introduction Of Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening: 1986-2005

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UroToday.com - Screening and early detection should identify cancers that will become clinically relevant. In this case, the number of individuals diagnosed with cancer would be unaffected by screening. However, early detection can be associated increases in incidence, ...Read More »

XMRV Is Present In Malignant Prostatic Epithelium And Is Associated With Prostate Cancer, Especially High-Grade Tumors

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UroToday.com - In the September 22, 2009 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Robert Schlaberg and colleagues verify that the DNA and protein from the xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) exists in prostate cancer ...Read More »

Prognostic Factors For Bladder Pain Syndrome / Interstitial Cystitis Suggested By Danish Study

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UroToday.com - A study designed to assess the criteria for BPS proposed by the European Society for the Study of Interstitial Cystitis (ESSIC) characterized and evaluated a large Danish patient population with BPS with a follow-up extending back to 1966. Related ...Read More »

Ice Water Testing Reveals Hypersensitivity In Adult Rats That Experienced Neonatal Bladder Inflammation

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UroToday.com - Animal Models Show Long-Term Effects of Neonatal Inflammation, implications for painful bladder syndrome/interstitial cystitis The majority of female patients with BPS report pain during urodynamics when ice-cold saline in instilled after the routine testing. This is ...Read More »

Urologic And Non-Urologic Unexplained Clinical Conditions Overlap

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UroToday.com - Unexplained clinical conditions have been referred to by many names including functional somatic syndromes. They are characterized by a lack of clear physical or biological etiology, or inconsistent demonstration of laboratory abnormalities. Related posts:Resolve To Improve Your Urologic ...Read More »

Executive Functions And Self-Regulatory Capacity Impact Chronic Pain Syndromes

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UroToday.com - Dr. Anthony Buffington at Ohio State University often emails me interesting articles that I would otherwise miss, and this is one of them I thought worth sharing. Related posts:Guideline: Widely Used Device For Pain Therapy Not Recommended For Chronic ...Read More »
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