Are patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer a suitable population for a lung cancer screening trial?

Study Type: Prognosis (case series) Level of Evidence 4.

Objective: To estimate the relative risk of developing a second primary neoplasm, in particular lung cancer, after having non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC).

Patients And Methods: Patients were included in the study if they had developed NMIBC between 1995 and 2003.

Holmium laser enucleation of prostate: outcome and complications of self-taught learning curve.

Objectives: To analyze the self-learning curve of a single surgeon with holmium laser enucleation of the prostate and to evaluate the safety, effectiveness, and outcome of the procedure after 2 years of experience.

Methods: The data from the first 125 patients who underwent holmium laser enucleation of the prostate were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were assessed preoperatively and at 1, 3, 12, and 24 months postoperatively.

Tuberous sclerosis complex. Forty-years of follow-up of a patient affected.

Objectives: To report the case of a patient diagnosed with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), describe its clinical features, diagnosis, and to attract attention on the fact that after 40 years of follow-up, the patient has presented practically all the manifestations described in the literature.

Methods: A 42-year-old man diagnosed with.TSC presented the emergency department due to left lumbar pain and self-limited gross hematuria.