Utility of ultrasonography in preoperative assessment of tumor thrombi in kidney cancer.

Introduction: This study examined the clinical accuracy of ultrasonography compared to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and intraoperative findings for evaluation of tumor thrombi level in patients with renal cell carcinoma.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively identified 38 patients at our institution who underwent both ultrasonography and MRI before undergoing open radical nephrectomy with tumor thrombectomy between 2010 and 2019. We compared tumor thrombus level findings of both ultrasonography and MRI, as well as the diagnostic accuracy of each to intraoperative findings.

Sex-biased admixture and assortative mating shape genetic variation and influence demographic inference in admixed Cabo Verdeans.

Genetic data can provide insights into population history, but first, we must understand the patterns that complex histories leave in genomes. Here, we consider the admixed human population of Cabo Verde to understand the patterns of genetic variation left by social and demographic processes. First settled in the late 1400s, Cabo Verdeans are admixed descendants of Portuguese colonizers and enslaved West African people.

How to Care and Minimize the Sequelae of Lower Extremity Lymphedema.

Objective: The objective of this review is to provide information regarding the care of patients with lower extremity lymphedema in the setting of urologic cancer.

Data Sources: Literature regarding lower extremity lymphedema was examined. Relevant information was integrated to create a review of the pathophysiology, management, and potential complications of lower extremity lymphedema.

Longitudinal impact of bladder cancer diagnosis on common psychiatric disorders.

Background: The presence of psychiatric disorders in patients with cancer is associated with increased morbidity and poorer outcomes. We sought to determine the impact of a new bladder cancer diagnosis on the incidence of depression and anxiety.

Methods: We used a database of billing claims (MarketScan®) to identify patients newly diagnosed with bladder cancer between 2009 and 2018.

Risk stratification for bladder cancer: Biomarkers of inflammation and immune activation.

Objective: Recent development is reviewed in biomarkers of inflammation and immune activation in risk stratification of bladder cancer (BC).

Methods: PubMed, Wiley Online Library, and Science Direct databases were reviewed in November 2019 for relevant studies limited to those published in English from 2008 to 2019. Articles were included if they contained references to BC, urological cancers, inflammation, immune activation, disease risk, disease progression, genomics, proteomics, and biomarkers.