Managing female urinary incontinence: a regional prospective analysis of cost-utility ratios (curs) and effectiveness.

Introduction: To evaluate the cost-utility of incontinence treatments, particularly anticholinergic therapy, by examining costs and quality-adjusted life years.

Materials And Methods: A prospective cohort study of women who were consecutively referred by general practitioners (GPs) to the Urology Department because of urinary incontinence. The primary outcome was evaluation of the cost-utility of incontinence treatments (surgery, medical therapy and physiotherapy) for stress and/or urgency incontinence by examining costs and quality-adjusted life years.

Correlation between age and Chromogranin A determination in prostate diseases.

Introduction: Serum levels of Chromogranin A (CgA) were measured in consecutive patients with prostate diseases in order to evaluate the impact of age on CgA diagnostic significance.

Materials And Methods: Serum levels of CgA were determinated in 217 consecutive patients immediately before prostate biopsy: CgA differences between cases (prostate cancer PC) and control (benign prostatic hyperplasia BPH) were analyzed, and CgA performance in prediction of PC was compared with age and standard diagnostic tools. CgA values were also analyzed in patients affected by PC, and compared with age and standard prognostic parameters.