Comparison of Laparoendoscopic Single-Site Adrenalectomy with the Aid of Intracavitary Retractors and Multiport Laparoendoscopic Adrenalectomy.

To evaluate the operative outcome of the use of intracavitary retractors in transumbilical laparoendoscopic single-site (LESS) adrenalectomy in comparison with the conventional multiport laparoendoscopic procedure. Between July 2021 and December 2023, 34 patients underwent transumbilical LESS adrenalectomy with intracavitary retractors, while 47 patients underwent conventional multiport laparoscopic adrenalectomy. Comprehensive data were compared, including demographics, intraoperative outcomes, perioperative complications, postoperative visual analog pain scale score, analgesic requirement, and short-term measures of convalescence.

PLAC8 is an innovative biomarker for immunotherapy participating in remodeling the immune microenvironment of renal clear cell carcinoma.

Background: PLAC8 has been identified in the progression of various cancers by inducing tumorigenesis, immune response, chemotherapy resistance and metastasis. Nevertheless, the precise biological function of PLAC8 in renal cancer remains unknown.

Methods: We obtained the expression profile and associated clinical characteristics of patients diagnosed with clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) from The Cancer Genome Atlas database.

Investigation of Underlying Biological Association and Targets between Rejection of Renal Transplant and Renal Cancer.

Background: Post-renal transplant patients have a high likelihood of developing renal cancer. However, the underlying biological mechanisms behind the development of renal cancer in post-kidney transplant patients remain to be elucidated. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the underlying biological mechanism behind the development of renal cell carcinoma in post-renal transplant patients.

Prognostic Role of MicroRNA-497 In Cancer Patients: A Meta-analysis.

MicroRNA-497(miR-497) has been studied for its irreplaceable role of predicting the prognosis of various cancers, but there has been no systematic study to summarize the data. Consequently, we performed this meta-analysis to reveal the association between the expression level of miR-497 and cancer prognosis systematically. PubMed was searched for appropriate studies and a total of 12 eligible publications with 989 cancer patients were recruited into our analysis to assess the strength of the association.

Microtubule-associated protein tau is associated with the resistance to docetaxel in prostate cancer cell lines.

Tau, a microtubule-associated protein, has been investigated primarily in neurons. Recently, tau has been explored to be associated with increased drug resistance in various kinds of cancers. We found that the tau was expressed in prostate cancer cell lines DU145 and PC-3.

IgG4-related disease: a case report and review of cases reported in China.

IgG4-related inflammatory pseudotumors are lesions characterized by plasma cell-rich histologic pattern, abundant IgG4-positive plasma cells and high serum IgG4 levels. A 64-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for an ultrasound-documented space-occupying lesion of the left kidney. Renal tumor of the left kidney was suspected based upon results of computed tomography and nuclear magnetic resonance, and laparoscopic radical nephrectomy was conducted.