Clinico-pathological prognostic factors of renal cell carcinoma: A 15-year review from a single center in Greece.

Aim: To investigate the prognostic significance of certain clinical and pathological factors of renal cell cancer.

Materials And Methods: One hundred and fourteen patients who underwent radical nephrectomy between 1996 and 2011 in our hospital were examined. Parameters including age, gender, mode of presentation, hematological and pathological parameters were evaluated for their role as predictors of disease-free and overall survival.

Efficacy of postoperative bladder irrigation with water for injection in reducing recurrence rates of non muscle invasive bladder cancer.

The aim of the study was to investigate the results of bladder irrigation with Water for Injection (WFI) after transurethral resection of bladder tumours for comparison with those for adjuvant use of BCG. A total of 239 patients (158 with single tumours, group A, and 81 with multiple tumours, group B) received continuous intravesical postoperative irrigation with WFI. Some 128 patients received intravesical irrigation with WFI, followed by weekly instillations of BCG (group C).

The effectiveness of otis urethrotomy combined with six weeks urethral dilations until 40 Fr in the treatment of bladder outlet obstruction in women: a prospective study.

Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of Otis urethrotomy combined with six weekly urethral dilations until 40 French (Fr) in the treatment of women with urodynamic diagnosis of bladder outlet obstruction (BOO).

Materials And Methods: Women diagnosed with lower urinary tract symptoms underwent urodynamic evaluation. Severity of symptoms and quality of life were assessed with international prostate symptom score (IPSS) and quality of life (QoL) questionnaires.

Hematuria secondary to an internal iliac artery aneurysm.

We report a case of macroscopic hematuria secondary to an aneurysm of the internal iliac artery. An 84-year-old male presented to our department with a 12-hour history of painless gross hematuria. Cystoscopy showed decreased expansion suggesting compression from outside the bladder.

The lipophilic extract of Hypericum perforatum exerts significant cytotoxic activity against T24 and NBT-II urinary bladder tumor cells.

Hypericum perforatum L. (St. John's wort) is a medicinal plant used for many pathologies, especially for the treatment of mild to moderate depression.

Prognostic significance of p53, bcl-2 and Ki-67 in high risk superficial bladder cancer.

Background: Although tumor grade and stage are the most accurate prognostic factors in the evaluation of transitional cell bladder cancer, they cannot always predict the true tumor biological potential since superficial tumors of the same stage and grade may have completely different clinical courses. This study was performed in order to examine whether p53, bcl-2 and Ki-67 have any validity in predicting the course of superficial bladder tumors, with high risk for recurrence or progression, over the traditional prognostic factors that are currently used. Furthermore, we investigated whether any one of these markers maintains its prognostic capability after one course of intravesical instillations of IFN gamma.