Genetic polymorphisms of hormone-related genes and prostate cancer risk in the Japanese population.

Carcinogenesis of the prostate involves androgen influences, and associations between genetic polymorphisms of androgen receptor and metabolizing enzymes and prostate cancer risk have been reported. Roles for non-androgenic hormones are not well defined, but they also may have an impact judging from epidemiological and animal experimental alphalambda zeta of data. The purpose of the study was to determine whether hormone-related polymorphisms are associated with prostate cancer risk.

[A case report: renal arteriovenous malformation associated with horseshoe kidney detected by hemorrhage due to injury].

A case report of a patient with renal arteriovenous malformation associated with horseshoe kidney detected by hemorrhage due to injury. A 71-year-old man was injured in a traffic accident and conveyed to our hospital. The computed tomographic scan showed renal injury of the horseshoe kidney with retroperitonial hemorrhage.

Malignant phyllodes tumor of the prostate: retrospective review of specimens obtained by sequential transurethral resection.

A case of malignant phyllodes tumor of the prostate in a 67-year-old man is reported. The patient was referred to a hospital for urinary retention. From material taken at three transurethral resections of the prostate (TURP), a histological diagnosis of benign prostatic hyperplasia was made.