Does urinary incontinence affect quality of life of Greek women less severely? A cross-sectional study in two Mediterranean settings.

Objective: Numerous studies have identified a reduced health-related quality of life (QoL) in patients with urinary incontinence (UI). The aim of this study was to assess and compare QoL in women with UI in the island of Crete, Greece, and in Turkey.

Methods: Incontinent women from two community-based primary health care (PHC) groups (Greece and Turkey) and one outpatient clinic-based group were studied.

Impact of additional sampling in the TRUS-guided biopsy for the diagnosis of prostate cancer.

Aim: To evaluate the diagnostic value of 10+ systematic sampling technique when performing transrectal ultrasound-guided (TRUS) prostate biopsy, compared with the sextant biopsy technique for patients with suspected prostate cancer.

Methods: 286 patients with suspected prostate cancer were included in the study. Patients were eligible for the study if they had serum levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) >4 ng/ml or ratio PSA <0.