Primary urethral carcinoma: Recommendations of the oncology committee of the French Urology Association.

Primary urethral carcinoma (PUC) is defined as a tumor process arising within the urethra, with no history of other urinary tract localization or synchronous tumor of the urinary tract. The most common histological types are urothelial carcinoma (UC), squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and adenocarcinoma (AC). In men, UC predominates, while AC is rare.

Comparison of image-guided targeted biopsies versus systematic randomized biopsies in the detection of prostate cancer: a systematic literature review of well-designed studies.

Objective: The clinical utility of image-targeted biopsies can only be judged by a comparison of the current standard of systematic 10-12 core biopsy schemes. The aim of this review was to gather the current evidence in favor of or against targeted biopsies in the detection of prostate cancer based on well-designed, controlled studies, in order to draw clinical relevant conclusions.

Subjects/patients And Methods: A systematic literature review was performed addressing studies that compared the prostate cancer detection rates of targeted and systematic biopsy schemes using the imaging techniques of elastography, contrast-enhanced ultrasound, histoscanning and multiparametric MRI.

Seminal vesicle invasion: what is the best adjuvant treatment after radical prostatectomy?

Objective: • To evaluate the biochemical-failure free survival according to different adjuvant treatments in patients who underwent radical prostatectomy (RP) with seminal vesicle invasion (SVI).

Patients And Methods: • Between 1994 and 2008, 4090 men underwent RP in nine centres. Of these, 310 men had a SVI.