Pain and anxiety during vasectomies while distracting patients with video glasses or virtual reality glasses.

Objective: To determine whether it is possible to reduce the amount of pain and anxiety experienced during a vasectomy by use of two-dimensional (2D) video glasses or virtual reality (VR) glasses during the vasectomy.

Patients And Methods: A non-randomised controlled trial was performed between October 2017 and March 2018. A total of 176 patients were planned for a vasectomy in an outpatient setting and 141 of these patients were divided sequentially into three groups: Control, 2D video glasses and VR glasses.

Expression and prognostic value Of CD44 isoforms in nephroblastoma (Wilms tumor).

Purpose: CD44 is a group of transmembranous glycoproteins formed by alternative splicing of a single messenger RNA. An abnormal pattern of CD44 expression has been demonstrated in several human malignancies. We evaluate the prognostic value of standard CD44 (CD44s) and some of its isoforms in treating clinical Wilms tumor.

Different profiles of neuroendocrine cell differentiation evolve in the PC-310 human prostate cancer model during long-term androgen deprivation.

Background: Neuroendocrine (NE) cells are androgen-independent cells and secrete growth-modulating peptide hormones via a regulated secretory pathway (RSP). We studied NE differentiation after long-term androgen withdrawal in the androgen-dependent human prostate cancer xenograft PC-310.

Methods: Tumor-bearing nude mice were killed at 0, 2, 5, 7, 14, 21, 47, 84, and 154 days after castration.