Small cell carcinoma of the prostate after low-dose-rate brachytherapy: a case report.

Background: Small cell carcinoma of the prostate is a rare condition with important differences from prostatic adenocarcinoma in terms of clinical and prognostic characteristics. A low prostate-specific antigen and a symptomatic patient, including paraneoplastic symptoms, characterize small cell carcinoma of the prostate. Diagnosis is made on the basis of prostate biopsy, and fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography is often used for staging because up to 60% of patients present with de novo metastatic disease.

Quality of care in oncology: quality indicators in testicular cancer: a hospital-based approach.

Introduction: The Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE) conducted a literature search leading to twelve quality indicators for testicular cancer. Data obtained from three nationwide databases, showed only five fully measurable quality indicators, one was partially measurable, and two could be determined using a proxy indicator. The four remaining indicators could not be assessed.

Impact of Lymph Node Burden on Survival of High-risk Prostate Cancer Patients Following Radical Prostatectomy and Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection.

Aim: To determine the impact of the extent of lymph node invasion (LNI) on long-term oncological outcomes after radical prostatectomy (RP).

Material And Methods: In this retrospective study, we examined the data of 1,249 high-risk, non-metastatic PCa patients treated with RP and pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) between 1989 and 2011 at eight different tertiary institutions. We fitted univariate and multivariate Cox models to assess independent predictors of cancer-specific survival (CSS) and overall survival (OS).

Sense and nonsense of an extended pelvic lymph node dissection in prostate cancer.

Lymph node metastases associated with prostate cancer (PCa) has been shown to be a poor prognostic factor. The role of pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) itself in relation to survival remains unclear, however. A Medline search was conducted to address this issue.

Ureteral stents do not cause bacterial infections in children after ureteral reimplantation.

Objectives: To determine, in a prospective study, the incidence of bacterial colonization and the risk of bacterial infection of indwelling double-J stents in children undergoing ureteral reimplantation. In a balance between the safety and comfort of the child, the need for postoperative stenting of the reimplanted ureters has been discussed. It is unknown whether an indwelling double-J stent after ureteral reimplantation would be a risk factor for postoperative urinary tract infection.

Repeat transobturator tape after failed mid-urethral sling procedure: follow-up with questionnaire-based assessment.

Objective: To determine if repeat transobturator tape (TOT) is feasible after failed initial synthetic mid-urethral sling (MUS) for stress urinary incontinence, and to ascertain objective physician-determined outcome as well as subjective questionnaire-based outcome for this procedure.

Patients And Methods: Between February 2005 and February 2008, a total of 21 patients underwent repeat TOT procedure after failed sling treatment. Initial sling procedures were all synthetic MUS, i.

A pretreatment table for the prediction of final histopathology after radical prostatectomy in clinical unilateral T3a prostate cancer.

Objectives: Partin tables are the most widely used tool to predict histopathologic stage after radical prostatectomy (RP) in organ-confined tumors. Such a predictive table in clinical T3 disease is still lacking. Our objective was to create a reference table for clinical unilateral T3a prostate cancer.