Technological advances in penile implants: past, present, future.

Attempts to "cure" erectile dysfunction (ED) are as old as recorded history. The history of penile prosthetic devices dates back over 500 years, when a French military surgeon designed the first known wooden prosthesis to support micturition. There have since been a great many technological advancements in penile prosthetics.

The Use of Area-Level Socioeconomic Indices in Evaluating Cancer Care Delivery: A Scoping Review.

Background: Multiple composite indices of small-area socioeconomic characteristics have been used to examine how neighborhood characteristics influence cancer care, but there is little consensus regarding how to use them. This scoping review aimed to summarize the use of these indices in cancer literature and their association with outcomes.

Methods: A search was conducted to identify studies from 2015 to 2021 that investigated cancer incidence, disease stage at diagnosis, and mortality using area-based indices of deprivation as an independent variable.

An unusual location for metastasis - Breast cancer in the bladder.

Metastatic breast cancer is the second most common cancer related death amongst women in the United States. The common locations for metastases-lymph nodes, bone, lung, liver, brain - are well reported. Rarely, breast cancer metastasizes to the bladder.