In vitro angiogenesis inhibition with selective compounds targeting the key glycolytic enzyme PFKFB3.

Abnormal glycolytic metabolism contributes to angiogenic sprouting involved in atherogenesis. We investigated the potential anti-angiogenic properties of specific 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase-3 (PFKFB3) inhibitors in endothelial cells (ECs). ECs were treated with PFKFB3 inhibitors (named PA-1 and PA-2) and their effects on metabolic and functional characteristics of ECs were investigated.

[F]ZCDD083: A PFKFB3-Targeted PET Tracer for Atherosclerotic Plaque Imaging.

PFKFB3, a glycolysis-related enzyme upregulated in inflammatory conditions and angiogenesis, is an emerging target for diagnosis and therapy of atherosclerosis. The fluorinated phenoxindazole [F] was synthesized, radiolabeled in 17 ± 5% radiochemical yield and >99% radiochemical purity, and formulated for preclinical PET/CT imaging in mice. stability analysis showed no significant metabolite formation.

The role of nutraceutical medications in men with non bacterial chronic prostatitis and chronic pelvic pain syndrome: A prospective non blinded study utilizing flower pollen extracts versus bioflavonoids.

Introduction: Chronic prostatitis (CP)/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS) represents a challenge for the urologist, since the therapeutic efficacy does not always result in a satisfactory quality of life for the patients. Often the side effects of the medications used (antiinflammatories, antibiotics, alpha blockers) far outweighs the benefits gained with their admission. The choice of nutraceutical medications is preferred for their effectiveness, that has been accepted and proven by the scientific community, and for the low incidence of side effects.

Bacillus Calmette-Guérin unresponsiveness in non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer patients: what the urologists should know.

Transurethral resection of bladder (TURB) with adjuvant intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) remains the gold standard therapy for intermediate- and high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). However, this disease is burdened with a high risk of recurrence or progression. For this reason, we sought to review and summarize the current evidence with a non-systematic Medline/PubMed literature search, regarding optimal treatment in BCG failure patients.

The new Epstein gleason score classification significantly reduces upgrading in prostate cancer patients.

Purpose: To evaluate the differences between the old and the new Gleason score classification systems in upgrading and downgrading rates.

Materials And Methods: Between 2012 and 2015, we identified 9703 patients treated with retropubic radical prostatectomy (RP) in four tertiary centers. Biopsy specimens as well as radical prostatectomy specimens were graded according to both 2005 Gleason and 2014 ISUP five-tier Gleason grading system (five-tier GG system).

Total phallic reconstruction after penile amputation for donkey bite: Case report and review of the literature.

There are very few reported cases of traumatic amputation of the male genitalia due to animal bite. The management involves thorough washout of the wounds, debridement, antibiotic prophylaxis, tetanus and rabies immunization followed by immediate reconstruction or primary wound closure with delayed reconstruction, when immediate reconstruction is not feasible. When immediate reconstruction is not feasible, long-term good functional and cosmetic results are still possible in the majority of cases by performing total phallic reconstruction.

Biparametric Multiparametric MRI with Non-endorectal Coil at 3T in the Detection and Localization of Prostate Cancer.

Aim: To assess the sensitivity of biparametric magnetic resonance imaging (bpMRI) with non-endorectal coil in the detection and localization of index (dominant) and non-index lesions in patients suspected of having prostate cancer.

Patients And Methods: We carried-out a retrospective analysis of multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) of 41 patients who underwent radical prostatectomy. Results of MRI for detection and localization of index and non-index lesions were correlated with those of histology.

Malignant priapism due to penile metastases: Case series and literature review.

Malignant priapism secondary to penile metastases is a rare condition. This term was originally used by Peacock in 1938 to describe a condition of painful induration and erection of the penis due to metastatic infiltration by a neoplasm. In the current literature there are 512 case reports.

Preoperative staging of resectability of colon cancer using virtual colonoscopy: correlation with surgical results. Our experience.

Purpose: To evaluate the clinical usefulness of preoperative computed tomography colonography (CTC) in locoregional staging in patients with abdominal pain secondary toocclusive colorectal cancer (CRC).

Materials And Methods: 80 patients with abdominal pain underwent CTC initially without contrast and after diagnosis with contrast. 47 patients had distal CRC and 33 had proximal CRC.

[Surgery of male infertility: an update].

Surgery for male infertility includes three main areas: varicocele surgery, recanalization of seminal tract, sperm retrieval.Varicocele treatment in infertily is still controversial. Recent scientific evidence appears to demonstrate that in selected cases varicocele treatment is beneficial in improving semen parameters and pregnancy rate.

Real-time magnetic resonance-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound focal therapy for localised prostate cancer: preliminary experience.

Five patients with unifocal, biopsy-proven prostate cancer (PCa) evident on multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were treated with magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) ablation before radical prostatectomy (RP). An endorectal probe featuring a phased-array focused ultrasound transducer was positioned for lesion ablation under MRI guidance. The tissue temperature and accumulation of thermal damage in the target zone was monitored during the procedure by MRI thermometry.

Salvage laparoscopic radical prostatectomy following high-intensity focused ultrasound for treatment of prostate cancer.

Objective: To test the feasibility and safety of salvage laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (sLRP) for recurrent prostate cancer after high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) treatment.

Methods: Thirteen men (median age 61.3 years) fulfilled the criteria of recurrent prostate cancer after HIFU undergoing sLRP with HIFU performed using Ablatherm devices (EDAP TMS, Lyon, France).

When to perform bone scan in patients with newly diagnosed prostate cancer: external validation of a novel risk stratification tool.

Purpose: To externally validate the performance characteristics of the Briganti's risk stratification tool for baseline staging bone scan in patients with newly diagnosed prostate cancer (PCa).

Methods: From 2009 onwards, a consecutive series of patients with PCa were enrolled. All patients were staged to evaluate the presence of bone metastasis (BM) with a conventional total-body Tc 99 m MDP scintigraphy performed regardless of baseline PCa characteristics.

Ultrasound assessment of intravesical prostatic protrusion and detrusor wall thickness--new standards for noninvasive bladder outlet obstruction diagnosis?

Purpose: We evaluated the accuracy of detrusor wall thickness and intravesical prostatic protrusion, and the association of each test to diagnose bladder prostatic obstruction in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms.

Materials And Methods: We enrolled in the study 100 consecutive patients with lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic hyperplasia. Baseline parameters were International Prostate Symptom Score, prostate volume, urinary flow rate, intravesical prostatic protrusion, detrusor wall thickness, Schaefer obstruction class, minimal urethral opening pressure and the urethral resistance algorithm bladder outlet obstruction index.

Dysregulation of emotions and premature ejaculation (PE): alexithymia in 100 outpatients.

Introduction: There is still a lack of agreement on etiology, definition, and mechanisms that underlie premature ejaculation (PE) as well as on the different role and interaction between psychological and biological factors. Alexithymia is a deficit in identifying and communicating emotions that is presumed to play an important role in psychosomatic diseases. The influences of alexithymic features on sexuality are still understudied.