Outcomes of Prostatic Artery Embolization for Treating Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Symptoms: A Prospective Single-Center Study.

Background And Aims: Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is among the most common urologic conditions in elderly men, presenting with lower urinary tract symptoms. Prostatic artery embolization (PAE) is a recent interventional treatment for BPH.

Methods: This prospective single-center study reviewed the results of cases that underwent PAE for BPH from 2020 to 2022.

Value of Systematic and MRI-Ultrasound Fusion Prostate Biopsy in Different Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Levels.

Background: Current approach to clinically suspicious biopsy-naïve men consists performing prostate MRI, followed by combined systematic (TRUS-Bx) and MRI-Ultrasound fusion biopsy (MRI-TBx) in those with PIRADS score ≥ 3. Researchers have attempted to determine who benefits from each biopsy method, but the results do not support the safe use of one method alone. This study aims to determine the optimal approach in biopsy-naïve men, according to their PSA levels.

Prognostic Value of NLR, PLR, SII, and dNLR in Urothelial Bladder Cancer Following Radical Cystectomy.

Background: Inflammation plays a crucial role in tumor development and progression, with inflammatory markers showing promise in predicting cancer prognosis. However, their significance in muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), especially in the context of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC), remains poorly understood. This study aims to evaluate the prognostic utility of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), systemic immune inflammation index (SII), and derived neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (dNLR) for overall survival (OS) in bladder cancer (BC) patients undergoing radical cystectomy (RC) in the NAC era.

Renal synovial sarcoma: Considerations for radical nephrectomy- a case report and literature review.

Synovial sarcoma, a rare soft tissue malignancy typically arising from synovial tissue, primarily manifests in the extremities but it may uncommonly present in other locations such as kidneys. Primary renal synovial sarcoma is an uncommon sarcoma with high mortality and recurrence rates. Here, we present a teenage boy with primary renal synovial sarcoma who was referred to our institution.

Impaired monocyte-derived dendritic cell phenotype in prostate cancer patients: A phenotypic comparison with healthy donors.

Background: Dendritic cells (DCs) play a crucial role in immunity. Research on monocyte-derived DCs (Mo-DCs) cancer vaccines is in progress despite limited success in clinical trials. This study focuses on Mo-DCs generated from prostate cancer (PCA) patients, comparing them with DCs from healthy donors (HD-DCs).