Publications by authors named "M Jarmulowicz"

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection is associated with a series of direct and indirect effects following renal transplantation. However, the presence of HCMV in the kidney and its relationship with acute rejection and long-term graft function remain to be fully elucidated. Sixty-two biopsies derived from 30 renal transplant recipients with signs of clinical rejection were analyzed for HCMV using a sensitive in situ DNA hybridization method.

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Objective: To study the outcomes of a contemporary cohort of patients referred from around the UK with low-risk prostate cancer consistent with the UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines for active surveillance but who were treated with laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) in a single surgeon series.

Patients And Methods: From 1080 consecutive patients who underwent LRP between March 2000 and April 2008, 549 patients (51%) had low preoperative risk disease (PSA level <10 ng/mL, clinical stage < or =T2a and biopsy Gleason score < or =6). The pathological outcomes of these 549 patients as well as a subgroup of 74 patients with preoperative prediction of 'insignificant' disease were assessed.

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Objective: To determine the extent to which computer-aided ultrasonography of the prostate (HistoScanning, Advanced Medical Diagnostics, Waterloo, Belgium) can identify tumour foci that correspond to a volume of >or=0.50 mL.

Patients And Methods: Between September 2004 and February 2006, 29 men were HistoScanned before scheduled radical prostatectomy.

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Objective: To develop a Bayesian belief network (BBN) for Gleason grading of prostate adenocarcinoma.

Study Design: A shallow network was developed for Gleason grading with open-tree topology, with a root node containing 5 subjective diagnostic alternatives and 8 first-level descendant nodes for diagnostic features. Features or diagnostic clues of the descendant nodes were based on architecture of Gleason patterns.

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Background: Endometriosis can occur in unusual sites, liver involvement being first described in 1986. Extra-uterine malignant transformation in endometriosis has been reported, occurring mainly in the ovary. Liver involvement with endometrial stromal sarcoma (ESS) has not been previously reported.

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