Dietary supplementation with a mixture of Dunaliella salina and Spirulina enhances broiler performance by improving growth, immunity, digestive enzymes and gut microbiota.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of Dunaliella salina and Spirulina (D + S) mixture on performance, carcass yield, kidney and liver markers, lipid profile, and immune responses of fattening chicks. Two hundred broiler chicks at 7 days old were distributed into 5 experimental groups, 5 replicates each with 8 chicks each. Group 1 was fed on only basal diet; group 2 was fed with basal diet and 0.

Meta-learning algorithm development to predict outcomes in patients with hepatitis C virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma.

Background And Study Aims: Prediction of prognosis and treatment outcomes for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is complex for most patients. Machine learning predictive analysis can be used to explore the rich information in electronic health records to discover hidden patterns and relationships. We aimed to develop a noninvasive algorithm for predicting outcome treatment options for patients with HCC.

Endometriosis-associated Ovarian Cancer is a Subset With a More Favorable Outcome and Distinct Clinical-pathologic Characteristics.

There is a controversy about whether endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer (EAOC) might represent a different entity from the corresponding ovarian cancer occurring de novo, in the absence of endometriosis. This study investigated the clinical-pathologic characteristics and outcome of EAOC compared with other ovarian carcinomas that are not associated with endometriosis (non-EAOC) in a large cohort. Seven hundred two patients meeting the inclusion criteria were further subclassified as group I when patients had ovarian carcinoma associated with or arising within endometriosis (EAOC) and group II when patients had non-EAOC.

Inflammatory pseudotumor of the urinary bladder: A case series among more than 2,000 urinary bladder tumor cases.

"Inflammatory pseudotumor" (IPT) has infrequently been reported in the medical journals. A retrospective analysis was conducted among more than 2,000 bladder tumor cases from January 1999 to December 2012 looking for patients with IPT in the final diagnosis. Six patients were found with median tumor size of 3.

Renal epithelioid angiomyolipoma: a rare variant with unusual behavior.

Purpose: To compare the clinical, pathological and oncological outcome of EAML with classic angiomyolipoma (AML).

Methods: A retrospective review of patients' files with a diagnosis of AML was conducted. Both classic and epithelioid AML were compared as regard the patients' demographics, mode of presentation, tumor features and follow-up data.

Factors affecting graft survival among patients receiving kidneys from live donors: a single-center experience.

Introduction: The aim of this report is to study the graft and patient survival in a large cohort of recipients with an analysis of factors that may affect the final outcomes.

Methods: Between March 1976 and March 2008, 1967 consecutive live-donor renal transplants were carried out. Various variables that may have an impact on patients and/or graft survival were studied in two steps.

Does the extent of lymphadenectomy in radical cystectomy for bladder cancer influence disease-free survival? A prospective single-center study.

Background: Controversy exists regarding the optimal extent of lymphadenectomy and the number of lymph nodes to be retrieved at radical cystectomy (RC).

Objective: To compare the disease-free survival of patients with standard lymphadenectomy (endopelvic region composed of the internal, external iliac, and obturator groups of lymph nodes) versus extended lymphadenectomy (up to the level of origin of the inferior mesenteric artery) at RC in a prospective cohort of patients at a single, high-volume center.

Design, Setting, And Participants: Prospective data were collected from 400 consecutive patients treated with RC for bladder cancer by two high-volume surgeons at Mansoura Urology and Nephrology Center.

Bilateral Wilms' tumors: single-center experience with 22 cases and literature review.

Objectives: Bilateral Wilms' tumors represent a therapeutic challenge. The primary aim of management is eradication of the neoplasm and preservation of renal function. We present our experience in the management of such cases in a single-center experience.

Characteristics of patients with Banff borderline changes in renal allograft biopsies.

Objectives: The aim of this retrospective study was to characterize the patients who experienced borderline rejection.

Materials And Methods: Patients with a minimum follow-up of 2 years were enrolled in this study. Forty-seven patients out of 106 patients with borderline rejection (after exclusion of those with associated chronic interstitial fibrosis) were compared with patients with acute cellular rejection grade 1 (n = 650), and patients free of rejection episodes (n = 444) regarding the different characteristics.

Vascular endothelial growth factor, p53, and the H-ras oncogene in Egyptian patients with bladder cancer.

Aim: To evaluate the relationship between vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), p53, and the H-ras oncogene and different clinicopathological parameters in Egyptian patients with Schistosoma-associated transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder.

Methods: The study included 50 patients with transitional cell carcinoma for whom radical cystectomy and urinary diversions were carried out. VEGF and p53 protein expressions were evaluated with an immunohistochemical staining method, and H-ras oncogene mutations were analyzed with a polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) technique.

Renal cell carcinoma in children: single-center experience.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to report the experience with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in children.

Materials And Methods: We conducted a retrospective study on renal adenocarcinoma cases treated in our center between 1993 and 2008. The age limit was established at 15 years.

Long-term graft outcome in patients with chronic allograft dysfunction after immunosuppression modifications.

Background: This retrospective study was conducted to assess the efficacy and safety of immunosuppression conversion on progression of chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN).

Material/methods: One hundred-seventy four cyclosporin (CsA)-treated renal transplant recipients were studied. Patients were included if they had a biopsy-proven CAN (mild to moderate) with serum creatinine < or =3.

Immunosuppression modifications and graft outcome in patients with chronic allograft nephropathy.

Objectives: This retrospective study was done to assess the efficacy and safety of immunosuppression conversion on progression of chronic allograft nephropathy.

Materials And Methods: One hundred seventy-four cyclosporine-treated renal transplant recipients were studied. Patients were included if they had biopsy-proven chronic allograft nephropathy (mild to moderate) with a serum creatinine level of 300 micromol/L or less.

Postkidney transplant malignancy in Egypt has a unique pattern: a three-decade experience.

The pattern of posttransplant malignancy varies among transplant units. We report on our single-center experience. Between 1976 and 2007, 1866 kidney transplantations were carried out (1390 males and 476 females, mean age 29.

Long-term graft outcome in patients with chronic allograft nephropathy after immunosuppression modifications.

Background/aim: This retrospective study was conducted to assess the efficacy and safety of immunosuppression conversion on progression of chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN).

Methods: One-hundred and seventy-four cyclosporin (CsA)-treated renal transplant recipients were studied. Patients were included if they had a biopsy-proven CAN (mild to moderate) with serum creatinine < or =3.

Radical cystectomy for carcinoma of the bladder: 2,720 consecutive cases 5 years later.

Purpose: We performed a critical analysis of the results of radical cystectomy for invasive bladder carcinoma treated at 1 center.

Materials And Methods: Between 1970 and 2000, 2,090 men and 630 women with invasive bladder cancer were treated with 1-stage radical cystectomy and urinary diversion. Followup ranged from 0 to 34.

Does cyclosporine achieve a real advantage for treatment of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome in children? A long-term efficacy and safety study.

Background: Cyclosporine (CsA) was found to be efficient in decreasing proteinuria in both steroid-dependent and steroid-resistant nephrotic patients. We aimed to explore the potential long-term benefits and hazards of CsA and their predictors among a large group of nephrotic patients.

Methods: In this retrospective analysis, we included 197 pediatric patients with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS) of whom 103 were steroid dependent and 94 steroid resistant.

Histologic and clinical findings in living donor allografts with long-term stable function.

Background/aims: Protocol biopsy is an important strategy which assesses the histological changes that can occur in the renal allograft and adversely affect its outcome. We aimed to evaluate histological changes in long-term living donor transplants.

Methods: Elective biopsies were done for 120 live donor renal transplant recipients with well-functioning grafts and no rejection history at least 1 year or more after transplant.

Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) overexpression and microvessel density predict survival in the urinary bladder carcinoma.

Objective: To study proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) over expression and angiogenesis with their relationship to tumor parameters in squamous cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder in patients who underwent radical cystectomy.

Patients And Methods: The mean age of the patients was 53.53 years (range; 29-70 years) and the males were 98 of 154.

Histogenesis of human renal cell carcinoma by using electron microscopy and immunohistochemical techniques.

Electron microscopy and immunohistochemical techniques are powerful tools for the determination of tissue origin. Both techniques have been used in the current experiment for histogenesis of renal cell carcinoma. Fifty kidney tumors were subjected to immunohistochemical detection for intermediate filaments cytokeratin and vimentin, which are normally expressed in epithelial tissue and mesenchymal tissues, respectively.

Comparison of sirolimus with low-dose tacrolimus versus sirolimus-based calcineurin inhibitor-free regimen in live donor renal transplantation.

Unlabelled: Between May 2001 and January 2003, 132 live donor renal allotransplant recipients were included in a prospective, randomized controlled trial where they were divided into two groups. All patients received steroids and basiliximab induction therapy. For maintenance immunosuppression, tacrolimus and sirolimus were used in group A.

Histological characterization of HCV-associated glomerulopathy in Egyptian patients.

Background: HCV infection in Egypt has reached epidemic proportion, it is associated with many extra hepatic manifestations. Glomerulonephritis (GN) is one of the most serious ending in renal failure in some cases. Detection of viral genome or particles within the kidneys of HCV-infected patients proved to be difficult.

Differentiation of renal cell carcinoma subtypes by multislice computerized tomography.

Purpose: We differentiated renal cell carcinoma subtypes using multislice computerized tomography (CT).

Materials And Methods: We reviewed the CT images of 87 patients with renal cell carcinoma. Three subtypes of renal cell carcinoma were noted, including clear cell in 37 cases, papillary in 26 and chromophobe in 24.

Interferon therapy in hemodialysis patients with chronic hepatitis C: study of tolerance, efficacy and post-transplantation course.

Background: The potential benefit of pre-transplant treatment of chronic hepatitis C on long-term evolution after renal transplantation is not clear.

Methods: Fifty successive renal transplant candidates had their sera positive for HCV RNA and a biopsy-proven chronic hepatitis. Out of these, 18 patients received a standard course of interferon-alpha2b (IFN; 3 MU three times weekly after hemodialysis sessions for 6 months).