Endoscopic therapy of superficial bladder cancer in high-risk patients: Holmium laser versus transurethral resection.

Many lasers are widely used in urological surgery for several applications. Their use to treat the superficial bladder cancer (SBC) is safe and minimally invasive. The Holmium:YAG (Ho:YAG) laser represents the pinnacle of laser technology in Urology.

[Role of 3D-ultrasonography in the assessment of transitional zone PSA].

Objective: Valute 3 TRUS to study the transitional zone of the prostate to calculate the PSA density Tz in patient with first negative biopsy, PSA Tot > 4 ng/ml and clinical suspicion of cancer.

Methods: During a 12 months period we performed 429 biopsies. All patients had PSA = 4-10 ng/ml and/or suspected DRE.