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The microbiome in various organs involves a vast network that plays a key role in the health and wellness of the human body. With recent advances in biological technologies such as high-throughput sequencing, transcriptomics, and metabolomics, it appears that the microbial signature varies dynamically among individuals, creating various roles in me...
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Objective To assess the diagnostic value of fluorine 18 (18F)-labeled prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-1007 Positron emission tomography/Magnetic resonance imaging (PET/MRI) and compared with that of biparametric MRI (bpMRI) for the detection of prostate cancer (PCa). Materials and methods The study enrolled 29 patients with suspected PCa ...
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Background We investigated the association between moderate-to-severe prostatitis-like symptoms and the predictors of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) progression. Methods Men who underwent health checkups were analyzed. We classified symptoms as “moderate to severe” if the pain score according to the National Institutes of Health-Chronic Prostat...
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Purpose Approximately 7% of patients with newly diagnosed prostate cancer (PCa) in the US will have have metastatic disease. The dogma that there is no role for surgery in this population has been questioned recently. Here we report long-term outcomes of a phase 1 clinical trial on cytoreductive radical prostatectomy. Materials and methods This is ...
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Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is used for diagnosing prostate cancer, but does not reflect the characteristics of prostate cancer cells to allow assessment of cancer progression. PSA mRNA and circulating tumor cells (CTCs) could be potential biomarkers. However, the relationship between serum PSA levels and PSA mRNA in CTCs is unclear, and this s...
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The CHAARTED and LATITUDE trials demonstrated a survival benefit of docetaxel and abiraterone for hormone-sensitive prostate cancer. In this study, we examined the impact of the risk stratification criteria used in the CHAARTED and LATITUDE trials on the prognosis of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). We also tested whether these risk str...
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To determine which method of radiotherapy proves more effective after prostatectomy: Adjuvant (ART) or early salvage (ESRT), we observed the pathologic and adverse risk factors of patients and their results from both treatments, looking specifically at biochemical-free survival rates, metastasis-free survival rates, and overall survival rates. Peer...
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Background Up- and/or downgrading rates in single intermediate-risk positive biopsy core are unknown. Methods We identified single intermediate-risk (Gleason grade group (GGG) 2/GGG3) positive biopsy core prostate cancer patients (≤ cT2c and PSA ≤ 20 ng/mL) within the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database (2010–2015). Subseque...
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Background With the implementation of da Vinci SP robot platform (Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA), we described our initial experience with the da Vinci SP robot platform (Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA) for single-port robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (SP-RARP). Methods This retrospective review included 30 consec...
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Introduction and objectives This study aimed to assess the incidence of urinary tract infections (UTIs) after transperineal prostate biopsy (TP-PB) comparing patients who underwent antibiotic prophylaxis (AP) with patients who had no prophylaxis. Materials and methods This prospective, double-center trial was conducted between August and December 2...
