key articles
Coffee consumption, genetic susceptibility and bladder cancer risk
Friday, 14 November 2008 - Coffee is a complex mixture of chemicals. The carcinogenic potential of coffee has been examined in animal studies with inconsistent results. Villanueva et al. (2008) evaluated the bladder cancer risk...
Authors: Villanueva et al.
Effect of smoking on the male excess of bladder cancer: A meta-analysis and geographical analyses
Thursday, 13 November 2008 - Smoking is considered the primary risk factor for bladder cancer. Although smoking prevalence and bladder cancer incidence vary around the world, bladder cancer is on average 4 times more common in...
Authors: Hemelt et al.
US-Spanish study links frequent night time urination to lower bladder cancer risk
Tuesday, 4 November 2008 - A new study has analysed the effect of urinary frequency on bladder cancer risk with results showing a direct link between the number of times people get up at night to urinate and reducing the risks of...
Edited by: JV
Myofibroblasts are involved in signaling in the bladder and may contribute to pathological states
Monday, 3 November 2008 - Human suburothelial myofibroblasts express functional muscarinic and purinergic neurotransmitter receptors in vivo and in vitro. Neuhaus et al. from Germany consider this to be the first study...
Editor: FGR
Relaxant effects of sildenafil on the human isolated bladder neck
Wednesday, 29 October 2008 - Bittencourt et al. (2008) evaluated potential in vitro relaxant actions of sildenafil on human isolated bladder neck smooth muscle.
Bladder neck strips were sampled from patients (aged 55-77 years)...
Authors: Bittencourt et al.
Impact of body mass index on robot-assisted radical cystectomy
Sunday, 26 October 2008 - Obesity is a major comorbidity in the Western world and influences outcomes of patient care. A minimally invasive approach towards radical cystectomy has been increasing in popularity. Butt et al. (2008)...
Authors: Butt et al.
Comparison of white-light cystoscopy and narrow-band imaging cystoscopy to detect bladder tumour recurrences
Tuesday, 21 October 2008 - Herr and Donat (2008) determined whether narrow-band imaging (NBI) cystoscopy enhances the detection of non-muscle-invasive bladder tumours over standard white-light imaging (WLI) cystoscopy, as...
Authors: Herr & Donat
The detection of CGI hypermethylation in cell-free serum DNA provides valuable diagnostic information
Saturday, 18 October 2008 - CpG island (CGI) hypermethylation is a frequent event in bladder carcinogenesis and progression. Our study was designed to investigate the diagnostic and prognostic value of CGI hypermethylation...
Edited by: FGR
Expression levels of CBX7 inversely correlate to the progression of tumor stage and grade in urothelial carcinomas of the bladder
Friday, 17 October 2008 - The polycomb group proteins (PCG) are epigenetic transcriptional repressors involved in the control of cellular proliferation and oncogenesis. This study aimed at examining whether mRNA tumor levels...
Edited by: FGR
Is low bladder compliance predictive of detrusor overactivity?
Thursday, 2 October 2008 - Bladder compliance (BC) expresses the relationship between bladder volume and bladder pressure and is generally regarded as a measure of bladder stiffness or distensibility. Many types of voiding...
Authors: Harding et al.
