Prognostic value of various nutritional risk markers in patients hospitalized for the treatment of genitourinary cancer: A retrospective study.

Background & Aims: Because malnutrition adversely affects the prognosis of patients with cancer, accurate nutritional status assessment is important. Therefore, this study aimed to verify the prognostic value of various nutritional assessment tools and compare their predictability.

Methods: We retrospectively enrolled 200 patients hospitalized for genitourinary cancer between April 2018 and December 2021.

Impact on survival of urgent dialysis initiation in patients with end-stage renal disease: a case-control study.

Background: Outcomes of patients with end-stage renal disease at urgent dialysis initiation are varied, but evidence of their long-term prognosis is limited. We aimed to characterize patients undergoing urgent dialysis initiation and analyse its effect on survival outcome.

Methods: We retrospectively identified 208 patients who began haemodialysis from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2018 at our hospital.

[A Study on the Number of Cycles of First-Line Chemotherapy for Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma].

The first line chemotherapy for advanced urothelial carcinoma is combination chemotherapy based on platinum. The optimal number of cycles for first line chemotherapy has not been defined yet. While cumulative toxicity of cisplatin can be a problem, the approval of pembrolizumab has changed the aspect of secondary treatment.

Retroperitoneal lipogranuloma mimicking recurrence of renal cell carcinoma after laparoscopic partial nephrectomy.

Lipogranuloma is a rare inflammatory reactive process often reported to occur in the dermis and subcutis in the cosmetic surgery field. It very rarely occurs in the retroperitoneum. We present a case of retroperitoneal lipogranuloma mimicking metastases of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) after laparoscopic partial nephrectomy.

[A Case of Adult Mature Teratoma Located in Retroperitoneum].

A 35-year-old man wasreferred to our hospital for treatment of a right adrenal tumor detected by ultrasonography during a physical check-up. Contrast-enhanced abdominal computed tomography revealed a poorly enhanced 74 mm tumor situated adjacent to the upper pole of the right kidney. The tumor consisted of fat with peripheral calcification.

Detection of bladder cancer by measuring CD44v6 expression in urine with real-time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction.

Objective: To examine urinary CD44v6 total ribonucleic acid (RNA) expression in patients with bladder cancer using real-time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) and evaluate its potential as a novel marker of bladder cancer.

Methods: We used the bladder cancer cell line T24 and determined CD44v6 expression in cancer cells using in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry. Subsequently, we obtained urine samples from 21 patients with bladder cancer and 25 patients without bladder cancer (controls).