How long is your waiting list? Experience of a urological waiting list initiative.

Experience with a urological waiting list initiative is presented, wherein a list of 231 non-urgent cases was cleared over a 5 month period by a single operator. Some patients had waited 10 years for surgery. Following a postal request, the waiting list was validated; 31.

The TNM system of 1992. Comments from the TNM working group. Consensus Conference on Diagnosis and Prognostic Parameters in Localized Prostate Cancer. Stockholm, Sweden, May 12-13, 1993.

The TNM working group acknowledges the multinational agreement reached in the 1992 TNM classification, but nevertheless gives some suggestions for modifications. The main interest of the group has been to evaluate parameters suitable for further ramification of the system. The group found that parameters such as DNA ploidy, PSA, nuclear roundness factor, are not yet ready for this purpose.

Steroid hormones and the pathogenesis of benign prostatic hyperplasia.

The pathogenesis of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is still poorly understood: there is, however, general acceptance that the condition is not premalignant and that it has an etiology distinct from that of cancer. Interest now focuses on the biochemistry of the target prostate cells and the propensity of the gland for uncontrolled growth. Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) is the active intracellular androgen formed from testosterone by 5 alpha-reductase.