Prognostic value of p53, Ki-67, microstaging and microvessel density in pT1G3 bladder tumors: creation of risk groups for progression.

Objective: New predictive factors for bladder tumor progression have been analyzed in many publications, often with contradictory results. Very few papers have referred specifically to T1G3 tumors. Our objective was to find new, clinically useful markers which either alone or in association with classical prognostic factors would allow the early selection of the correct therapeutic approach.

Relationship between the Saint Louis University ADAM questionnaire and sexual hormonal levels in a male outpatient population over 50 years of age.

Objectives: To determine the relationship between the ADAM questionnaire and the sexual hormonal levels in a male population older than 50 yr, and to know the predictive capacity of this questionnaire with regard to biochemical hypogonadism in the ageing male.

Methods: A prospective study was carried out on 230 Spanish men. Patients were evaluated by clinical history.

[Cystocele repair with a polypropylene mesh: our experience].

Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of the polypropilene mesh shaped in a T, with a circular area (to repair the cystocele) and an anterior extension (to function as a tension free sling), for the combined treatment of cystocele and urinary incontinence.

Methods: Retrospective study including 31 female patients with cystocele, with or without urinary incontinence, undergoing mesh repair. Mean age was 62.

[Improvement of anemia and quality of life of patients with prostate cancer by treatment with human recombinant erythropoietin].

Objectives: Anemia is a frequent finding in patients with prostate cancer. Reduction of erythropoiesis caused by androgenic blockade is among its etiologies. Therefore, quality of life of these patients results decreased, being origin of significant morbidity and mortality.