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Hereditary renal cell carcinoma syndromes (HRCCS) are characterized by the presence of pathogenic germline variants that predispose patients to renal cell carcinomas as well as additional extra-renal manifestations. The importance of identifying HRCCS patients cannot be overemphasized, as patients and their families can begin surveillance for syndrome-associated manifestations once identified. The present study is a […]

Testicular cancer (TC) represents one of the most peculiar clinical challenges at present. In fact, currently treatments are so effective ensuring a 5 years disease-free survival rate in nearly 95% of patients. On the other hand however, TC represents the most frequent newly diagnosed form of cancer in men between the ages of 14 and […]

Jaime Landman: So engineering and urology is an utterly unique meeting. I think all too often, not just in urology, in every discipline, we stay confined to the thinking process within our discipline. As urologists, however, we are utterly dependent on technologies, and in fact, have been leaders in introducing technologies from the first endoscopes, […]

I still remember the debates around treating sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma (RCC) a decade ago when I started in practice. There were not many studies to cite – one that often came up was Naomi Haas’s trial of doxorubicin with gemcitabine (ECOG 8802). The study showed progression-free survival (PFS) of 3.5 months and overall survival […]

Muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) may be managed with radical cystectomy (RC) or chemoradiotherapy (CRT). Because patient selection for RC is important to avoid treatment-related mortality, this study addressed a knowledge gap by quantifying short-term mortality with both approaches, as well as predictors thereof. The National Cancer Database was queried (2004-2014) for clinically staged T2-4aN0M0 MIBC […]

This presentation considers follow-up after successful transurethral resection of a high-grade non-muscle-invasive tumour, with normal cystoscopy, followed by bacillus-Calmette-Guérin (BCG) therapy. Focusing on two possible outcomes, a positive cytology but a negative urinary biomarker result, versus positive biomarkers but a negative cytology, we discuss what the evidence and guidelines recommend and which test is more […]

The gold standard for initial clinical diagnosis of bladder cancer involves cystoscopic examination of bladder and histological evaluation of tissues. There is a critical need to identify non-invasive and sensitive biomarkers. Early detection is essential challenge in diagnosis and surveillance of bladder carcinoma. Exosomes are nano- sized vesicles present in many biological fluids and have […]

Bladder urothelial carcinoma is a malignant tumor with a high incidence in the uropoietic system. Considerable studies have shown that long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) plays an important role in the development and progression of bladder urothelial carcinoma. In this study, the lncRNA expression and clinical data of 377 bladder urothelial carcinoma patients were obtained from […]

Non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) represents a crucial problem for the national health care systems due to its high rates of recurrence and the consequent need of frequent follow-ups. Here, gene expression analyses in patients diagnosed as NMIBC were performed to determine those molecular pathways involved in tumor initiation, finding that both MYC and E2F […]

Testicular Germ Cell Tumors (TGCTs) are a rare group of neoplasms and the most common solid malignancy arising in young male adults. Despite the good response of these tumors to platinum-based chemotherapy, some patients are refractory to treatment and present poor clinical outcomes. During carcinogenesis and tumor development, cancer cells reprogram energy metabolism toward a […]