Six 5-HT receptor types indicate a role for serotonin in the control of the penile erectile tissue
Thursday, 23 October 2008 - The treatment of psychological disturbances (depression) or premature ejaculation with selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SRI) can result in erectile dysfunction in the patients. Fourteen (14) types/subtypes of serotonin (5-HT) receptors have been described. While the...
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Preoperative risk factors predicting the risk assessed after surgery for localized prostate cancer?
Thursday, 23 October 2008 - Laudano et al. (2008) described how frequently new information obtained at surgery translates into a substantial change in the risk of recurrence for patients with localized prostate cancer, and to determine what factors contribute to this increase in risk, as the preferred therapy for...
Authors: Laudano et al.
Urocortin plays a potential role in male reproduction
Wednesday, 22 October 2008 - Urocortin (Ucn) a 40 amino acid neuropeptide and its related receptors have been investigated thoroughly in female reproduction system. However there are little data about the role of these peptides in the physiology of male reproduction. In this report we have studied the expression...
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Folic acid improves erectile function and reduces intracavernosal oxidative stress
Wednesday, 22 October 2008 - Folic acid is also known as folate and is a B vitamin found in leafy green vegetables. This includes spinach, kale, orange juice and enriched grains. Shukla et al. (2008) tested the possibility using folic acid (FA) to treat erectile dysfunction (ED) in diabetes mellitus (DM), by studying...
Authors: Shukla 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 surveillance WLI is the standard method used to diagnose patients with recurrent bladder tumours,...
Authors: Herr & Donat
Vaporesection for benign prostatic hyperplasia by a 2-microm continuous-wave laser
Tuesday, 21 October 2008 - Fu et al. (2008) explored the safety and clinical efficacy of continuous-wave laser vaporesection for the treatment of obstructive benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).
The authors treated 72 consecutive patients with obstructive BPH using a 70 W 2-microm continuous-wave laser. The mean...
Authors: Fu et al.
Robotic single-port transumbilical surgery in humans: initial report
Tuesday, 21 October 2008 - Kaouk et al. (2008) described their initial clinical experience of robotic single-port (RSP) surgery.
The da Vinci® S robot (Intuitive, Sunnyvale, CA, USA) was used to perform radical prostatectomy (RP), dismembered pyeloplasty, and radical nephrectomy. A robot 12-mm scope and 5-mm robotic...
Authors: Kaouk et al.
Long term follow-up of thermo-expandable metallic ureteric stent
Monday, 20 October 2008 - Agrawal et al. (2008) reviewed a long-term use of the thermo-expandable metallic ureteric stent, (model 051, PNN Medical, Denmark) for ureteric obstruction, including current reports on its use.
Data were collected prospectively on all patients who had a Memokath 051 ureteric stent inserted...
Authors: Agrawal et al.
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 in cell-free serum DNA of bladder cancer (BCA) patients.
The study cohort consisted...
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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 of the PCG family members BMI1, SUZ12, RING1, and CBX7 relate to histopathological...
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