Association between interleukin-6 and lower urinary tract symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Objective: To evaluate the association between IL-6 in prostatic tissue/blood sample and BPH-LUTS, so as to preliminarily discover an indicator of inflammation that could show the severity of LUTS.

Patients And Methods: The prostatic tissues and blood samples were collected from 56 patients who underwent transurethral plasmakinetic resection of the prostate (TUPKRP). The association between IL-6 detected on prostatic tissues/blood sample and LUTS parameters, including international prostate symptom score (IPSS), peak flow rate (Q) and urodynamic parameters were analyzed with SPSS version 18.

Influence of adipocytokines in periprostatic adipose tissue on prostate cancer aggressiveness.

Objective: To evaluate the correlation between the level of adipocytokines expression in periprostatic adipose tissue and the prostate cancer aggressiveness.

Patients And Method: The periprostatic adipose tissues were collected from 30 patients who underwent radical retropubic prostatectomy. The subcutaneous adipose, periprostatic adipose tissues and prostate cancer tissue from the same patient were collected from 10 patients for match research.

Periprostatic adiposity measured on magnetic resonance imaging correlates with prostate cancer aggressiveness.

Purpose: To evaluate the correlation between aggressiveness of prostate cancer (PCa) and obesity measur­ing the periprostatic fat on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Materials And Methods: One hundred eighty-four patients who had undergone radical retropubic prosta­tectomy (RRP) were analyzed retrospectively. The different fat measurements (periprostatic fat area (PFA), the subcutaneous fat thickness, the anterior and posterior abdominal fat thicknesses and anteroposterior diameter) were performed on the slices of MRI and then compared with the clinical and pathologic char­acteristics.