Publications by authors named "Cristina de la Encarnacion-Castellano"
Urologists' and general practitioners' knowledge, beliefs and practice relevant for opportunistic prostate cancer screening: a PRISMA-compliant systematic review.
Front Med (Lausanne)
February 2024
Article Synopsis
- Recent guidelines suggest prostate cancer screening decisions should be made collaboratively between patients and clinicians, yet many clinicians lack awareness about screening practices.
- A review of 14 studies found that general practitioners generally have lower awareness and less favorable opinions about PSA testing compared to urologists, who are more knowledgeable and proactive in using the test.
- The study highlights a need for educational interventions for general practitioners to improve their understanding of prostate cancer guidelines and risk factors.
Bladder cancer is around the 10th most diagnosed cancer, although has a considerable mortality. Recent research and new methodologies have discarded the historical dogma that the bladder (and urine) was sterile under normal conditions. Specifically, only a few studies have reported a detailed analysis of the urinary microbiota in patients with bladder cancer, thus exhibiting a remarkable variability due to the low biomass of the urinary microbiota and the influence of many factors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Radiotherapeutic treatment of prostate cancer has been validated in terms of efficacy, but its relationship with the occurrence of second pelvic primary malignancy and the relevance of radio-induced toxicity is still under debate. This study analyses the occurrence of second pelvic primary malignancy as well as morbidity secondary to radiotherapy treatment in patients treated for prostate cancer.
Material And Methods: Retrospective consecutive descriptive study of 317 patients who received radiotherapy treatment for prostate cancer between 2007 and 2017.
Introduction: Medical Expulsive Treatment (MET) for ureteral stones has been questioned for the last few years.
Objectives: The main goal of our study is to define the indications of MET, the different drugs that are used and their effectiveness and to propose a follow-up strategy. Secondary objectives include the effectiveness of MET in some special subgroups such as pregnant women and children and to assess aspects of MET cost-effectiveness compared with other options for ureteral lithiasis treatment (ureterorenoscopy or extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy).
Introduction: Renoureteral colic (CRU) is the most common urological emergency, with a wide spectrum of severity that generates high morbidity and high health costs. However, there is no homogeneous scheme of pharmacological treatment in its acutephase.
Aims: The main objective of our work is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety profile of the different drugs used in the treatment of CCR and to propose a practical treatment scheme.