Effects of androgen deprivation therapy on elderly men with high-risk prostate cancer: PROSARC observational study.

Introduction: Prostatic carcinoma (PC) is a frequent neoplasm in elderly patients. Although androgen deprivation is associated with survival benefits, it is also related to adverse effects such as osteoporosis, frailty, or sarcopenia, which can negatively affect the patient's quality of life. This study aims to quantify and evaluate the prevalence of osteoporosis, frailty, or sarcopenia in elderly PC patients before and after androgen deprivation.

Paraurethral leiomyoma.

Objective: To describe a case of para-urethral leiomyoma and to review the literature.

Methods: The usual preoperative diagnostic procedures and clinical manifestations are discussed.

Results: The mass was resected and, 6 years later, the patient remains asymptomatic and with no recurrence.

GSTT1, GSTM1, and CYP1B1 gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to sporadic renal cell cancer.

Purpose: To estimate the prevalence and importance of GSTT1, GSTM1, and CYP1B1 genotypes in renal cell carcinoma (RCC), and to identify their value as a prognostic factor.

Materials And Methods: Cross-sectional study of a group of patients diagnosed with RCC (n = 133) and a control group (n = 208) with benign conditions and no history of tumor. Controls were selected by cumulative samples and mixed pairing.

[Bellini duct carcinoma: report of two cases].

Objective: We report two cases of collecting duct carcinoma that were diagnosed in our hospital in a six-month period.

Methods/results: The first case was a 75years-old woman showing in CT scan a mass in the left kidney which infiltrated perinephric fat. The second case was a 72-years-old that showed in a CT scan a right renal pelvis lesion, involving inferior vena cava and renal vein.