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The assessment of the muscle invasion of bladder cancer typically plays a crucial role in therapeutic decision-making and has significant impacts on the recurrence rate and survival rate. Although histopathology is sufficiently accurate and usually served as the gold standard for bladder cancer diagnosis, it is invasive, time-consuming, and requires intensive sample preparation by a […]

Genetic profiling studies on muscle-invasive bladder cancers (MIBCs) have discovered molecular subtypes with different biological characteristics. Immunohistochemical (IHC) markers such as GATA3, cytokeratin (CK) 20, CK5/6, and p53 are associated with these subtypes. In this study, we investigated the biological and prognostic significance of these IHC markers in MIBCs from 91 patients who underwent radical […]

Hospital funding reforms for prostate cancer surgery may have altered management of localized prostate cancer in the province of Ontario, Canada. To determine whether changes in hospital funding policy aimed at improving health care quality and value were associated with changes in the management of localized prostate cancer or the characteristics of patients receiving radical […]

Introduction: A considerable proportion of patients are still found with nodal involvement when considering prostate (PCa), bladder (BCa) and renal cancer (RCC). This scenario is often related to poorer oncological outcomes, but evidence supporting this correlation remain scarce or controversial. Areas covered: A review was conducted to provide updated evidence in the field of pathological […]

The aim of the current study was to assess whether and to what extent monitoring response to treatment using prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-based positron-emitting tomography/computerized tomography (PET/CT) studies contribute clinically relevant data to routine clinical follow-up during treatment of patients with metastatic prostate cancer (PCa). Fifty-two patients with metastatic PCa who underwent [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT imaging […]

Quality of life (QoL) outcomes have been reported in the literature and incorporated in decision-making in localized prostate cancer management for decades. Until recently, there was less emphasis on understanding the QoL effects of therapies for patients with advanced disease, possibly because there were fewer options for treatment. The purpose of this review is to […]

BACKGROUND Nivolumab is approved for the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). However, traditional overall survival (OS) or progression-free survival (PFS) do not reflect patient prognosis after initial management. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate conditional overall survival (COS) and conditional progression-free survival (CPFS) in patients with advanced RCC treated with nivolumab. MATERIAL AND […]

We tested the effect of marital status on cytoreductive nephrectomy, metastasectomy, and systemic therapy rates, as well as on cancer-specific mortality (CSM) in patients with metastatic clear cell renal carcinoma (mccRCC). Within the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results database (2004-2015), we identified 6975 patients (4806 men and 2169 women) with metastatic clear cell renal carcinoma. […]