Erratum to: The effectiveness of varicocele embolisation for the treatment of varicocele related orchalgia.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1186/s40064-015-1177-2.].

The effectiveness of varicocele embolisation for the treatment of varicocele related orchalgia.

Purpose: Orchalgia is a common problem with varicoceles however the association between varicocele embolisation for the treatment of varicocele related pain has not been widely investigated. We aim to investigate the effectiveness of varicocele embolisation for the treatment of orchalgia secondary to varicoceles; and to see if pre-embolisation pain scores can be used to predict treatment outcomes.

Methods: A prospectively collected database of patients undergoing varicocele embolisation for pain was analysed over a 10-year period.

A phase I/II clinical trial in localized prostate cancer of an adenovirus expressing nitroreductase with CB1954 [correction of CB1984].

We report a phase I/II clinical trial in prostate cancer (PCa) using direct intraprostatic injection of a replication defective adenovirus vector (CTL102) encoding bacterial nitroreductase (NTR) in conjunction with systemic prodrug CB1954. One group of patients with localized PCa scheduled for radical prostatectomy received virus alone, prior to surgery, in a dose escalation to establish safety, tolerability, and NTR expression. A second group with local failure following primary treatment received virus plus prodrug to establish safety and tolerability.

Is high cord radical orchidectomy always necessary for testicular cancer?

Background: Radical high cord inguinal orchidectomy remains the standard for diagnosis, staging and treatment of testicular neoplasms. Low cord orchidectomy is an alternative to the high cord orchidectomy.

Objective: To test the hypothesis that there is no difference in relapse rate or mortality between high and low cord orchidectomy for the treatment of testicular cancer.