BACKGROUND
Drug leakage and lack of a drug-removal system have prevented clinical application of isolated pelvic perfusion (IPP). These barriers were overcome with negative-balance IPP (NIPP) in… (More)
BACKGROUND
To investigate associations between dual-specificity tyrosine phosphorylation-regulated kinase 2 (DYRK2) expression and survival in T1 high-grade or T2 bladder cancer patients treated with… (More)
Purpose: Isolated pelvic perfusion (IPP) therapy exposes target tissues to high doses of anticancer drugs with low systemic concentrations, but the major drawback is drug leakage into the systemic… (More)
To assess the effect of altering the method of administration during negative-balance isolated pelvic perfusion (NIPP) on the platinum concentration in the pelvic or systemic circulation. Twenty… (More)
PURPOSE
To determine the efficacy of power Doppler ultrasound (PDU)in the diagnosis of prostate cancer, the rate of detection of cancer with PDU-guided target biopsy and sextant biopsy, the… (More)
INTRODUCTION
Characteristics of prostatic fluid (PF), which can be obtained in large amounts during screening transrectal ultrasound just before prostate biopsy to detect prostate cancer, were… (More)
BACKGROUND
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy has been shown to have benefit in T1 high-grade or T2 bladder cancer. However, neoadjuvant chemotherapy fails in some patients. Careful patient selection for… (More)
Background: We used transcatheter arterial infusion chemotherapy (TAI) for patients with T1G3 and greater than T2 bladder cancer, which was diagnosed after extensive and deep transurethral resection… (More)
PURPOSE
Hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha) is a transcriptional factor that regulates genes involved in the response to hypoxia. We evaluated the effects of HIF-1alpha over expression on… (More)
AIM
To investigate whether the insertion of a thermoexpandable metallic prostate stent (Memokath) facilitates the removal of Foley catheters in elderly patients ineligible for urethral obstruction… (More)